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Holycool.net: Social Pillows For The Social Media Addict - http://www.holycool.net/2009...
Danny Peck, Gaith, Aytac Ates and 193 other people liked this
YES!
- David Cook
want!
- Imabug
Awesome
- Kyle Judkins
Why do I want these? Why?
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
In my mind, the FF guys have a couch in their office with the FF pillow on it.
- Rochelle
These are amazing. I have the unexplained urge too Kenny
- Mitch
These are totally items that you buy and then a year later -- when you see them collecting dust in a corner -- you ask yourself, "why did I buy these again?"
- Jason Toney
do you put the twitter pillow in the potty when the site is down?
- Allen Stern
Want
- l0ckergn0me
rss and FF for me.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
sweet
- PR3F1X
Oh these are cool.
- Sean Oliver
My friends and I need abtout 1000 of these pillows
- j1m
Where do ! buy these?
- Kevin J Hatton
why would you buy these hmmmm Why do i WANT them lol
- eric
No seriously, does anyone know. Perhaps I should try Amazon!
- Kevin J Hatton
Well, found these: http://homedecor.cafepress.com/social-...
- Kevin J Hatton
AH found them here! http://www.etsy.com/shop...
- Kevin J Hatton
Very cool, yeah asked in my share of this whether they have permission to use the logos of the companies? Do they need permission?
- Kol Tregaskes
No I don't think they do because the Twitter and 'RRS' ones have gone. Perhaps it is a stock thing.
- Kevin J Hatton
I have signed up! Looks like a cool shop!
- Kevin J Hatton
very cool... but so geeky... will look good on my couch though
- Sebastiaan van den Akker
Start sewing! People will obviously buy.
- Christopher Harley
like !
- yagami
awesomeness
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
güzel yapmışlar hajı.
- Çağatay " SKYLAB " Şama
Can someone here on FriendFeed please sew up some of these and sell them to us and make money for themselves and be happy that they have a captive audience and then sell more after we start a meme by holding them up and taking a picture and posting it? kthnxbai
- Christopher Harley
If I just buy the RSS one, will all the other ones come automatically in my pillow feed?
- LogEx
LOL-Logical Extremes
- Christopher Harley
haha nice
- Mitch
from IM
Glorious :)
- FORA.tv
OMG those are awesome!!! must get some!!
- Susan Beebe
We gave the Myspace pillow to our dog
- Bret Rowe
lol @ Bret
- Lindsey is Fierce!
@ Logical Extremes Very witty, nice one!! Hey it would be great if it did!
- Kevin J Hatton
Very cool!
- Mitchell Tsai
http://vi.sualize.us/view...
- Jolly Slyness
holy cool is right!
- Holly Rae, FFer
i got the twitter and rss feed pillows
- (jeff)isageek
Really? I like the FB, RSS and Twitter ones
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Myspace is laaameee! And where is digg?
- k00pa
from iPod
DIY goes social media - nerd nerd ;-)
- Clemens Lerche
HA!
- Anna Lynn M.
WARNING
'Like' robot (frɐnc), Andrew Euell, Travis B. Hartwell and 64 other people liked this
LOL "monitored"
- Alpha Computing
so is that a new verb?
- James Heckley
rofl!
- Taylor Marek
I NEED that sign. lolz!
- Billy Doyle
Ow
- Mike Browne
the all seeing eye of God
- James Thomas
Oh crap! :X
- Eustacio Leyva
lol
- James Rinfret
where can I get one of these?
- John Blake
I want that on a T-Shirt!
- Lee Harvey
Waah, how passé! I'd rather be LCD'd!
- ʍǝl ıuuǝlƃ
LOL!!! you r being monitored!! hahah :P
- Jacob Prikhodko
pffft - who has a crt these days? :)
- WorldofHiglet
Great! :D
- Arnaldo M Pereira
I think I've seen that sign somewhere inside the McDonalds employee lounge ;-)
- Amir
Higlet, I have three, although they're on their last legs. I spent my monitor budget for the next five years on this 32" LCD, so I need to keep the CRT's for the second screen on this box, and for both screens on my spare box.
- Slippy "WildBeard" Lane
LOL, that is so win right there.
- Skippy Electrochomp
Are female Geeks sexy?
Karola Riegler, Dobromir Hadzhiev, Mitchell Tsai and 79 other people liked this
Hell yeah they are!
- The Catz Meow
Why, yes...they are...
- JA Castillo
yes we are
- anna sauce
Females? I don't know, but I'm a stone cold fox.
- Ted Roden
more than anyone else! :)
- directeur
Well, ones that don't look like Sarah Palin are :)
- jcunwired
You have to ask?
- CW™
are they? YES!
- Joe Silence is not dead
♥ this picture!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
yes in general yes.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
this model is kinda rocking the annie hall look
- anna sauce
Yes. Yes they are.
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
Not with bug-eyed glasses like that, they're not.
- Akiva Moskovitz
geeks are, posers aren't
- RAPatton
is a poser ----->
- The Catz Meow
yes!
- (jeff)isageek
As opposed to what? I don't really understand the question. (Not kidding.)
- Ayşe E.
YES!!!!!!!
- Chris Luckhardt
Geek girls are what makes being a geek guy worthwhile.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
All other aspects being equal, absolutely. A definite bonus.
- Christopher A Carr
Extremely. The sexiest!
- Jason Huebel
Yes.
- David Cook
very much so
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Are you Kidding??
- Kreg Steppe
Mostly.
- Nation Hahn
indeed
- chrisofspades
in my world, how can you be sexy without the knowledge of a geek?
- chaz2b
100%
- Joe Dawson
Really sexy!
- Anıl
they really are!
- Marco Bonomo <radel>
I vote yes too ;)
- Loïc Guitaut
Girls in glasses are very sexy
- Toby Graham
Females are sexy.
- Michael W. May
Of course Jess would like this. Geekiest female I know. 8^D
- Chieze Okoye
yes!.. oh yes!!
- Cesar Sanchez
a yay on this one ;)
- Snehal Shinde
I would agree an this one!
- Brian
definately!!
- Karola Riegler
I just saw a penis float down the main feed for the first time. Gents are freaking. In related news, I've lost count of the number of vaginas that have floated down my main feed. Grow a pair, will you guys? If I have to see random hairless poon float down my stream several times a week, you can deal with a cock once a year.
Brent Smorgen Bleg, Mitchell Tsai, tomit and 86 other people liked this
If I had a nickel for every time I have had to see a penis float by, I'd have $1.45.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Thankfully I don't see what you guys see. I don't want to be lookin' at it.
- Alex Scoble
ive got the priz0n filtered. (into groups/lists)
- Carlos Ayala
Seriously? :(
- Derrick
quick hit the hide button cuz I'm at work, but otherwise, who cares...
- Bill Kinney
Yes, seriously. It's a scene from a movie, not sexual, and it's just a penis. Would I prefer it not be in my home feed? Yup. I prefer the hairless lady crotches stay out of my home feed too. That will never happen, though: people say we're uptight and "telling them how to FF" when we suggest they keep it to a room. Let one guy post a penis, though, and everyone's clawing their GD eyes out and screaming GET AN EFFIN' ROOM!!!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
So last night on this podast i heard a weird thing- in Africa there are some cultures that fear "penis stealers" like a pickpocket, they steal your penis. It hides in your body or shrinks. Serious deal, and 12 people were killed last year because they were suspected penis stealers. Just sayin'.
- anna sauce
I haven't seen any pensises!! penissess! ... dicks! And I don't want to see any either, I get that on my own thank you very much.
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
I'm at work, so I hid said penis. Otherwise, yep. And yawn...
- Helen Sventitsky
I'm with @Bill Kinney. I could care less, I'm at work so I hide all the bits. But *yawn*
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
It is the first genital apparition I have so far experienced on FF. Neither offend, I mean after all it is all just bits of bodies.
- Kevin J Hatton
PS: I am not one of those 'freaking' Gents.
- Kevin J Hatton
I only get mad if its larger than mine. So far I have stayed happy ;)
- Moved to Facebook
from fftogo
Good answer @ Earl
- Kevin J Hatton
EARL +1 -- to expand on that thought - it must have been so small I missed it.
- LPH™ and his dog P™
To put this into perspective: I have lady bits and have seen what may or may not be an average number of gent bits. If I want to see more of them, I certainly know where to find them. But if I'm FFing at work, the library, at home in front of my godsons or soon to be ex step nephew, I'd just as soon not have to explain why the lady is all nekkid and stuff. People don't walk naked down main street either: they go to places where nudity is expected and/or encouraged.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Errr, what's the big fuss? Only issue I have is NSFW stuff in the feed while I'm at work. I access rooms via lists to do that.
- CAJ, somewhere else
No argument from me there. @FFing Enigma
- Kevin J Hatton
I'm not bothered by seeing other peoples genitals float on by... Don't get how anyone can be bothered by them.
- alphaxion
Oh, and +1 to Tina for that last comment. Please send to a room and not your main feed. I'm just sayin'....
- CAJ, somewhere else
LOL
- Matthew DeVries
And Akiva was also funny.
- Matthew DeVries
I'm not particularly bothered by seeing genitals in my home feed, but if I don't like a particular picture, that's what the hide button is for.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
**looks around** ooh cock? where? where? Damn I must not be that "Cool"
- The Catz Meow
And to clarify: my *biggest* gripe here is the fact that I've not seen a single (straight) gent complain about the poon floating downstream, but let one penis slip through and it's OMGWTFBBQ!! What's good for the goose is good for the gander, and if the guys are saying it's ok to post lady crotches then by God there will be man crotch to match.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
So, the unsaid thing here, Tina thinks we need more big hairy 70's style jungle bushes posted, and I couldn't agree more. I CAN'T FARGIN STAND THIS ERA OF THE SHORN POON. It's fracking creepy, looks like a childs, and that's just gross. The Brazilian ruined porn forever.
- Matthew DeVries
Having seen the crotch of a 10 year old girl (since I was one and therefore had one), I agree MDV. However this is more about the lady v gent crotch ratio, not the hair or lack thereof.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina, now it's starting to sound like you're calling for more cock shots. Just sayin.
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
I'm pretty sure that I've complained about the poon, Tina, and for the record I'm straight. Just sayin'.
- Alex Scoble
Just for the record I never complain about poon. Just saying :D
- Moved to Facebook
from email
If root beer is involved in a penis float, I'm in!
- Oldengrey (Jay)
You're right Alex, I remember that now. And Chris, it's not that I'm calling for more gent's crotch shots; I'm just saying that if the guys here are ok with lady bits in the main feed then they shouldn't say word one about men bits in the feed.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I don't believe I have ever seen a full on bare vagina in the main feed. Boobs, yes, but not full-on genitalia. Honestly I would have reacted the same way if it was a completely naked woman; I don't want full nudity on my main feed when there are plenty of rooms for that. Honestly I'm sick and tired of people bitching about the "double standard." If you want to post naked men, half...
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- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Who the hell are you subscribing too Tina? PS could you compile them into a list of handy links.....for reference.
- Geoff Schultz
Only apply Haggis' rules to naked people. Half, shirtless, bikini'd people are fine. NSFW is the only time to approach anything higher than apathy.
- Matthew DeVries
we are playing who ever states the rule last gets to apply the rule, right?
- Matthew DeVries
Exactly, Matthew. Post dudes in swim trunks/speedos, girls in bikinis, whatever. I see those things on billboards on the side of the highway. Vagina and penis, no. Put that somewhere out of the public feed.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
It doesn't bother me, but I'd have no problem signing a document with that rider if that gets it out of committee already.
- Matthew DeVries
*blinkblink* Who on earth are you subscribed to Tina?
- Soup
I sub to a handful of people who use image fave type services, and port in tons of images at once. For those that want to see what the main feed looks like for me it's http://friendfeed.com/isthiss...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Marilyn Chambers' armpit in "Rabid" = twofer
- Joe Silence is not dead
If a crotch appears in my main feed, I'm sharing it in the new group 'Crotches in my feed' http://friendfeed.com/crotche...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOLO
- Matthew DeVries
To resurrect an old but apt and this time accurate web cliche - Tina owes me a new keyboard!
- Matthew DeVries
high time i start using lists, before i get busted !! cant risk d main feed.
- Gtp19
subbed
- Joe Silence is not dead
When I read what Tina posted, I got the mental image of a disembodied penis floating by like a weird duck hunt theme. :) Okay, remember when I complained about NSFW images in the main feed and many of you shot me down for "telling you how to use FF"? Well, now YOU get to debate this and I'll just hide your NSFW feeds.
- Morton Fox
I missed nudity in the main feed? :(
- Steven Perez
from Android
i'm sitting here thinking the exact same thing mr perez
- Chris Heath
I was about to propose that some teachers at the high school I work at use friendfeed to aggregate their content and have students subscribe to that content. Now I'm worried that our district will just block the whole site.
- Ryan Massie
from iPhone
what do you mean by "feed"?
- sofarsoShawn
Perhaps I shouldn't laugh, but I find it hilarious. Lost your FF virginity now, TIna? :) "I just saw a penis float down the main feed for the first time" Your description of how you saw it 'float down' was what got me laughing here.
- Ian May
Does anyone realize that a penis really does float?
- The Catz Meow
When I say feed, Shawn, I mean the main feed I see when I visit friendfeed.com and am logged in. I don't use lists, so everyone I sub to is dumped into that main feed.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
i've never noticed since i try to keep it attached to my body.
- Jason Wyttenbach
Tina. Thank you for this original post (I admit not reading through the comments).
- Martha
I only see genitalia floating down (and bubbling up) via the inappropriate discussions group, which appears in my main feed by default. Mmmmm, genitalia.
- Slippy "WildBeard" Lane
Enough already...................
- Kevin J Hatton
penish smenish
- sofarsoShawn
Just subscribed to Tina's room. I'm not subscribed to nearly as many people as her, so I'll be adding more crotches to my main feed :D
- Rodfather
wait wait...so you really saw a wang? I seriously thought you were joking *ahem* weird
- sofarsoShawn
Enough what already?
- Matthew DeVries
Is this because of my post?
- Matt Ruiz
Once I saw penetration... but it was on the everyone feed
- sofarsoShawn
Yeah, thanks, Wilson.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Tina herself showed a bit of her insides yesterday.
- Matthew DeVries
HA, I thought you said down main street. That took me a minute.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Yeah, that was my first thought, was that she was making a joke about a parade on the street outside her office balcony.
- Matthew DeVries
That's what I thought like some dude ok with himself or durrrrunkk just flashing ti around
- sofarsoShawn
Sorry, guys. I dropped my pants for Penny, and I forgot that I went commando today.
- Steven Perez
Tina, I "liked" this so hard I may have broken the internets.
- Ayşe E.
We need a multiple like button for moments like these
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Yeah, we do, Mo. I'm still laughing. Righteous!
- Ayşe E.
Tina, I totally love how certain people are completely misunderstanding your post, and appear to be assuming you are complaining about penile exposure. :-)
- Slippy "WildBeard" Lane
Ain't that the truth, Slippy =/
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Respect the cock.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
I thought the equal treatment point of the original post was pretty clear.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
K, so this one can't be blamed on me. I don't post penises or hairless vi-jay-jays. :-P
- Jason Huebel
"Random Hairless Poon" would be an awesome name for a band.
- cecily
Haha Cecily
- Rodfather
LMAO......this has got to be the best thread today!
- Bonnie Foster
Back in the old days, there were Johnsons as far as the eye could see. And what a lovely sight it was.
- Slippy "WildBeard" Lane
...hairless poon? huh? what? clearly, I'm not subscribed to the right FF folks. .LOLz! this is a hilarious post Tina. thanks for that
- .LAG liked that
hairless poon? where? ;)
- Anthony Citrano
Too many places these days Anthony. Too many places.....
- Matthew DeVries
I feel left out in that I never saw said penis.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
It's from a film clip of Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- anna sauce
Whose Cock was it? LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
ah, in that cause, I've seen said penis, but still feel left out, I think it's time to resurrect the Traveling Dildo then.
- Tsali, The Native of FF
I think I'm going to have to watch the movie just to see what context that clip was from.
- Morton Fox
LOL Perv ;-)
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
An observation: I was the 69th to like this post. Just sayin. ;-)
- Ladybug Heather
I just saw some out of this world Japanese wieners!
- sofarsoShawn
Make one little post about crotches and the masses get all riled up (so many puns, so little time). Just a reminder, any crotch (male or female) that I see in my main feed gets reshared to the "Crotches in my Feed" group http://friendfeed.com/crotche... And Cecily, thanks to you I now have the urge to see if RandomHairlessPoon.com is an available domain name =/
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
My work here is done. :D
- cecily
Oh dear sweet babby jebus, it's available...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
You know that traffic will be closely watched by the FBI
- Matthew DeVries
I really wish our society would get over the stigma of naked bodies. Both men and women. I'm 100% straight, but I'm all about freedom. But I'm also all about respect. I say we treat everyone equally. If someone wants to post nudity, why don't we make a single NSFW room. (one could exist, I don't know). Seems like a logical solution to me.
- Ⓐ ☠ slayerboy ☠ Ⓐ
I'll agree there's not enough man-crotches floating about FriendFeed, and I'm straight! However, I categorically REFUSE to improve the situation. You all already got to see me shirtless for free; anything more and you got to pay me first for it.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
*considers using ye olde flatbed scanner but doesn't want to smoosh anything so gets out the digicam instead*
- Joe Silence is not dead
Just know if it shows up in my feed it's going to the Crotch room.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
i must be doing something right because my cock:hairlesspoon ratio has been really good. no filters or nuthin’. probably some previously-unseen emergent phenomenon arising from my subscription choices. @mike: speaking for myself, any naked-body-stigma I might have is not moral or social, it's aesthetic.
- Anthony Citrano
LOL AC!! Reminds me of the scene from Slapshot where Paul Newman is explaining why women are beautiful and men are not. And where's my invite to the hairlesspoon room?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
There's a room for hairless spoons?
- Will Higgins™
It's not a hairless poon room, it's a crotch room: if you join you'll see whatever male or female bits find their way onto my feed. And no invites are needed, MVB, there's a link above.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
poon room -- i think that calls for a name change.
- Jason Wyttenbach
@Tina Thank-you from the bottom of my...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I, for one, took the "incident" in stride, thank you very much. ;o)
- Mark Jepsen
I don't believe Ive ever seen the phrase 'random hairless poon' used in a sentence before
- Threepwood
Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?
- Geoff Schultz
Isn't it frightfully good to have a dong?
- Geoff Schultz
It's swell to have a stiffy,
- Geoff Schultz
It's divine to own a dick.
- Geoff Schultz
From the tiniest little tadger
- Geoff Schultz
To the world's biggest prick!
- Geoff Schultz
So three cheers for your willy or John Thomas.
- Geoff Schultz
wow, you should have saved the pic for evidence! LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
is ok, I can deal with it..
- David Gross
*strums guitar* "Poooon riverrrr flooaaating down my screen... There suuuch alot of poooooon to seeeee....."
- Joe Silence is not dead
HAAhahahhahahahhahaaaa!!!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
*hears Johnny Mercer spinning in his grave at about 4KHz*
- Joe Silence is not dead
this thread was sooo yesterday. :)
- Jason Wyttenbach
still smells fresh to me! must be good hygiene.
- Joe Silence is not dead
there will be no topic gobbling, deadsilence.
- Jason Wyttenbach
You got me in trouble for this FFing Enigma!
- sofarsoShawn
Why? It wasn't your peter on the page...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Was it?
- Matthew DeVries
I learned when trying to scan your dangle to add to Tina's feed - Do NOT use the document handler.
- Matthew DeVries
Ummm no not my p.p
- sofarsoShawn
Then I'm not really sure how I got you in trouble, Shawn. I'm curious though, so do explain!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Ummm no not my p.p however, running today with my friend Mark then we go to World Health and do weights...welllll...I was trying to explaining this story and I couldn't say this word...(penis)...yeah I know cuz the ppl were around. Sooooooo I was trying to explain this story how you got accosted by this penis...and I could not STOP FUCKING laughing.
- sofarsoShawn
It's not the penis that accosted her, it's the tweeters that routinely accost her and the penis that is the pleasant change of pace.
- Matthew DeVries
You know I'm very conservative and would not say such a word. Also there was a problem with Mark's swipeee thing and the guy at the door was like no need to see id. And Mark was getting so pissed off and I couldn't stop laughing and laughing like ROFL *dead* laughing
- sofarsoShawn
Shawn, that's awesome: glad to have given you the giggles =) But MDV is right: I wasn't accosted by the peen, I was just frustrated by guys acting like it was the worst thing they'd ever seen on the home feed.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Mark was seriously about to punch that mofo out and finally he was like FUCK IT WE'RE GOING, I'm mentioning this to your supervisor! And once we got outside I just burst out yelling PENIS PENIS PENIS!!!!!! Finally!! My abs still hurt from laughing. And yeah kids were heading to school & shit, but I finally got it out of my system. Usually I'm trying to get it in hehehehee. The end.
- sofarsoShawn
So shame on you for getting me in trouble with your talk of the p. word!
- sofarsoShawn
Scott, you didn't miss anything.. check my feed for the horrific image.. That spawned an entire revolution..
- Matt Ruiz
Matt: the image wasn't horrific, don't beat yourself up. My frustration was with the reactions
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Tina, I'd be tempted to just give up and let the madding crowd misunderstand to their heart's content.
- Slippy "WildBeard" Lane
I seem to be missing all the juicy posts lately. Floating peni and vagini? Darn. :(
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Can we please have the ability to post more than 3 images with the bookmarklet?
AJ Batac, TobiasVerhoog.com, Thierry R. Andriamirado and 56 other people liked this
Amen.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Yes, *please* make this happen.
- David Cook
from email
The ability to move the bookmarklet to select images would be nice too.
- Andrew Smith
I find it odd that we can only embed 3 at a time, but we can post as many as we want using FF itself. I would have expected the limit to got the other way.
- Alex Scrivener
Yeah Andrew . . . I remember the Mento bookmarklet could switch sides
- Lindsey is Fierce!
go here for the movable bookmarklet - http://ff.im/9jyI
- chrisofspades
agreed!
- (jeff)isageek
Thanks Chris but ultimately I shouldn't have to hack a site to get some basic functionality
- Lindsey is Fierce!
you're a hard person to please Lindsey. that's the third or fourth time you've told me that haha. but I'd hardly call that a basic functionality. and this is a really nice solution, barely a hack at all!
- chrisofspades
from email
WANT!
- Darren Heydon
At least I'm consistent ;)
- Lindsey is Fierce!
If someone can modify this string "var kMaxThumbnails = 3;" located here: https://friendfeed.com/share... ... with JS replace (or something), then we can have a greater number of thumbnails (I tested it, it works).
- Brandon
Yes please, even if it's only bumped up to 5.
- Kol Tregaskes
Yes, please!
- JA Castillo
Recreating the bookmarklet is a lot of work, if some JS-wiz can replace the string I mentioned above with a value greater than 3, then I think we can solve this thing with a Greasemonkey Script.
- Brandon
i.Saw - The World's First USB-powered Chainsaw - http://www.usbchainsaw.com/
Marco Trotta, Claudio Cicali ♋, pcdave79 and 10 other people liked this
Review that, lol
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WOT, no Linux support? FAIL!
- Chris J. Miller
But the Firewire 800 version cuts down bonsai trees at like twice the speed!
- Micah Wittman
Money is the root of all evil – true or false?:
Mitchell Tsai, Tsali, The Native of FF, Jennifer Dittrich and 75 other people liked this
Defend your position. - today's Plinky: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
False. It's the love of money that's the root of all evil. Money, by itself, has no meaning and it certainly doesn't have any motives of its own.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Greed is the root all evil; money is just the most common, ready face of it.
- Michael W. May
+1 Akiva. Money isn't evil. The greed that drives you to love it and pursue it at all costs is.
- CAJ, somewhere else
Would taking it away avoid the greed? Or would it cause issues elsewhere?
- Kol Tregaskes
Once again, Akiva nailed it.
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
Greed just is. How it's measured doesn't matter. Distance can be measured in miles or kilometers. It's still the same distance.
- CAJ, somewhere else
False. There is no root of all evil, but many roots and manifestations. Aside from that, money by itself is simply a tool for facilitating exchange. You wouldn't call a shovel the root of all evil if someone used one to bash someone's head in.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Kol, it would cause issues elsewhere. It's built into our species. You always hear a mother scolding her child for not sharing his toys. You never hear her scold him for giving all of his toys away.
- Akiva Moskovitz
People were evil before there was money.
- Rob Sterling
+1 Akiva. The Good Book says "love of money" is the problem. But, then, Gordon Gekko says "Greed is good." .LOLz
- .LAG liked that
Money can't but happiness, but it surely "can" buy a Porsche.
- Faraz Mullick
Wait. This is FriendFeed. I thought MicroSoft was the root of all evil. And Bush.
- Dawn
I think there's case for "Religion is the root of all evil".
- Gilbert Harding
Money is just a tool. Ignorance is the root of all evil.
- Tanath
selfishness is the big enchilada, greed being one of its most popular kin.
- Marco
Selfishness is ignorant. ;-)
- Tanath
I always thought that the corollary to "love of money is the root of all evil" was "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely". That said, I think the former statement is still wrong. How does it explain, in the end, child molestation? It can't. The "root of all evil" implies its opposite, and we all know what people want "the root of all good" to be, which then (if you are so...
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- James (!?)
i would say ignorance is amoral
- Marco
i take that back. ignorance is selfish if you are neglecting progression
- Marco
I believe that that is a misquote.................
- Kevin J Hatton
what i wrote was my own quote.
- Marco
Cool
- Kevin J Hatton
Ignorance is selfish? Actually, it's unavoidable. Everyone is ignorant in some way. Not everyone is selfish though (arguably), yet they may still commit "evil" acts... due to ignorance. Even if they try their best not to be ignorant.
- Tanath
Are we quoting Scripture or dealing with fact? Behavior is evil. Things aren't evil.
- Jason Nunnelley
False.
- Nicholas James
I'm pretty sure there were evil people, before people invented money. The question is, "Was the branch of greed, grafted onto the money tree.."
- Wallace
Well, let's see, there's greed, lust, gluttony, envy...I know there's seven of these things...
- Pete Delucchi
from iPhone
+1 Akiva.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
False, Religion is.
- Jeff P. Henderson
humans are the root of all evil (on this planet). Everything else is just an excuse or an incentive to bring it out.
- alphaxion
I do believe it is the love of money that is the root of all evil . .
- pcdave79
I posit that in the absence of money, something else will come along to inspire greed in mankind. Hence, I believe that human nature is the root of all evil.
- Slippy "WildBeard" Lane
Akiva: I got mildly scolded for giving all my toys away... :P
- Tanath
Slippy: What about good people? Is their "human nature" a root of evil? I think not - I really think it's ignorance that is the true root of all evil.
- Tanath
@taneth every human has moments of selfishness.. there is no such thing as an inherently good human. We all commit acts of evil from time to time - it's just the incentive and the degree of that evil that is the modifier. Money is simply another variable.
- alphaxion
"ignorance that is the true root of all evil" agree
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
False. The "love" of money is.
- Valley
Props to Valley. Exactly.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Money is like social medi it's only a tool. It's how one uses a tool that makes it good or evil. Another take is that the pursuit of money at all costs--the end justifies the means--could be considered the root of all evil. However, I think the pursuit of power at all costs has created far more misery.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Gives Valley a cookie *and* a golf clap.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Luke 16:14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus.
- Tyler Gillies
The greed for money is the root of all evil.
- Will Higgins™
Agree with Will. And I must be evil, because I want more and more and more money.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
You can love money without it becoming a problem, but there are good & bad ways to go about obtaining it. It's when you engage in selfish & other ignorant behaviour that it becomes a problem...
- Tanath
love money?
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
False: Ignorance is.
- Carlton Hackett
And love of money isn't the cause of evils unrelated to money. Also, as others have pointed out, even if there were no money, there would still be evil.
- Tanath
Sean: Evil isn't a plant. ;-) There may be more than one cause of an event, but generally speaking you don't get plants without seeds. And I don't think you can ever get evil without ignorance.
- Tanath
I would be a little more broad: Selfishness is the root of all evil. Wanting more (money, space, things) is not inherently hurtful to others. Ignoring the needs, feelings, or even safety of others in the pursuit of gain is another story.
- Heather
If you selfish, you are ignorant. Ignorant is not "not knowing something", but unwillingness to learn. Babies are not ignorant, they just have not learned it yet - they are innocent.
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
A plant? I thought that evil was like a Unix system; one root at the very top.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
from Android
False. The love of money is the root of all manner of evil. 1 Tim 6:10: "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
- Steven Perez
What Steven said.
- Brett Kelly
igor: you have redefined "ignorant" what you have described is negligence and/or arrogance. "unwillingness to learn" is a self centered decision. the keyword is "unWILLing". meaning the proposition was heard and then rejected, either because the desire to learn was not substantial or the presented information was seen as inferior. of course if the information is in fact inferior then the characteristic exercised was wisdom.
- Marco
Lack of money is the root of all evil ~George Bernard Shaw
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
I think the lack of money is probably the root of all evil.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Marco, let us all be wise and not be Evil.
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Here's more money to match your picture!This is a 3x6 forced matrix. I’m three down from Brian Bear!!! So look at this one really quick! Full of spillover from “the man” himself! http://www.revolutionarymatrix3x6.com/aff...
- Alison Robb Astair
Actually, money isn't the root of all evil. It's the love of money that's the root of all evil!
- Alison Robb Astair
George Bernard Shaw and Mark Davidson are correct: Lack of money is the root of all evil
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
it shure keeps the evil rolliń
- m00ns
No, only the love of it. Money is for protection but wisdom is better.
- Melanie Reed
Where did you find the image attached to this post, Kol?
- Ivan Zuzak
ideal life?
- Kamamiya
The image with money on a toilet paper roll seems confusing if it's depicting "evil" - I must be overlooking something.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Hehe, it was a little random, sorry about that. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Haha - maybe if the money was burning in the flames of hell rather than just on a toilet paper roll, it would seem more wicked... lol
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
The human mind is the root of all evil.
- April Russo (app103)
Why can't we all just get along? </mars attacks quote>. methinks: Misunderstanding and Fear are the root of all evil. Love of money is a misunderstanding of it's usefulness(rich) & a fear that if you don't have any, horrible things will happen(poor). <Sadness />
- immaterial
Money is the root of all capital gains.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Money is the root of all taxes. Seriously, no, it's not the root of all evil. That's a misquote and absurd anyway. Money is an enabler.
- Rick Cogley
money, money, money http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
it would be 100 dollars, not " 1 " =))
- Zafer Yılmaz
@Igor: You're mistaken about the definition of ignorance. It IS lack of knowledge. @Steven Perez: Quoting the bible proves nothing.
- Tanath
Prove that the quote is wrong.
- Steven Perez
from IM
@immaterial: Misunderstanding = ignorance. ;-) Fear generally comes from ignorance too (fear of the unknown, ignorance of a solution).
- Tanath
@Steven Perez: It's not wrong... love of money has caused all kinds of evil. That doesn't make it the root of all evil though.
- Tanath
Tanath, so I guess if I bribe you you will change your opinion on ignorance? How much do you want? Or u are not for sale? <wink>
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
@Sean: If evil stemming from ignorance isn't evil, then it would seem there is no evil. All evil is unfortunate, but that doesn't mean it's not evil. Even psychotic people who are that way due to a chemical imbalance are such because they are ignorant of how to act better (or why they should), and we are ignorant of a cure.
- Tanath
Money is just a tool. If we didn't have money, the worst among us would still find ways to cheat and rob others.
- Morton Fox
@Igor: LOL. My beliefs & opinions aren't determined by money, and I'm not a liar. One day my word may be worth more than you can afford.
- Tanath
Morton, just make sure the market goes up, I promise I will not turn EVIL LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Tanath, I hope so! Well keep seeking knowledge! ;-)
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
:-) Besides, anyone can check the dictionary, and what am I to say then? :P
- Tanath
But I said evil stems from ignorance. You do not believe so?
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
the root? No. I think the root lies inside each of us. Some are good and would do good with money. Even with opportunities to get more money, but with negative methods, they choose to stay away from the money. Others would push their grandmothers in front of a bus for a chance at big bucks. me personally? I'd probably push someone else's grandmother in front of a bus, but that's where I draw the line
- Morgan Haley
#grandmothers are not EVIL generally, that is! LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Ego
- Patricia
The quote comes from 1 Timothy 6:10: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage... And as someone earlier posted, it is often misquoted.
- Melanie Reed
I think there was evil before there was money
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Perhaps. But once people found out that evil could pay off so handsomely, I'll bet that the level of evil went right through the roof.
- Steven Perez
from IM
the LOVE of money is the root of all evil according to scipture
- sherijohnson
Exactly Patricia! (People keep repeating the same thing about love of money. Is it really that simplistic or is that just an easy quote?)
- Heather
@Igor: I agree evil stems from ignorance - I was referring to the definition of ignorance. You (facetiously) offered to bribe me on that point. ;P
- Tanath
@Heather, I think it's just an easy quote. It really doesn't make sense to blame it for all evil. :)
- Tanath
@sherijohnson: Check the quote. It does not say love of money is the root of _all_evil.
- Tanath
That's fine, Tanath. Because that's not what the Scripture says: "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil." Not ALL, but a whole freaking lot.
- Steven Perez
And I disagree, in a sense. Sure, excessive love of money can lead to all kinds of evil, but I think that can only exist in the context of ignorance... If there is any root of "all evil" I think it must be ignorance.
- Tanath
I dunno. I know plenty of smart people who let their love of money get in the way of their good sense, and it never seems to work out well for them.
- Steven Perez
But everyone is ignorant in some ways. No one knows everything or is completely wise.
- Tanath
Ignorance is part of the human condition. You might as well blame sunlight for being too bright.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Indeed. I never said we could eliminate ignorance or evil - but we can try to do the best we can.
- Tanath
Ah, but that's not the question, is it?
- Steven Perez
from IM
The answer to the question is: False.
- Tanath
On that, we both agree. :)
- Steven Perez
from IM
Same for love of money. ;P
- Tanath
No. :)
- Steven Perez
No. I've seen people do crappy things out of sheer cussedness, for free.
- Jennifer Dittrich
@Steven: You really think love of money is the root of all evil? Then what do you say about the point that evil existed and would still exist without money? Money is just a tool. Tools aren't good or evil, it's in how they're used and the consequences they bring about.
- Tanath
Hence, the "all kinds" before the "of evil". Not to say that people won't do evil things without making some on the side, but watch how motivated they get when there's a paycheck attached to the job.
- Steven Perez
from IM
But only those who are ignorant of why they shouldn't behave in certain ways will act in those ways. Unless they're completely apathetic, in which case I'd argue that that is ignorant too.
- Tanath
If they are ignorant - that is to say, unaware of the harm that their actions cause - then can they truly be evil?
- Steven Perez
from IM
There's a difference between "being evil," or having an evil character, and doing evil.
- Tanath
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions... :P
- Tanath
I'm still struggling to figure out what exactly you find objectionable about the quote I used.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Only these: 1 - You quoted the bible, as if it proves something, and 2 - love of money is not the root of all evil, as has been implied.
- Tanath
Ah. (1) So you object to the source material. Fine, that's your prerogative. But that doesn't prove it wrong. (2) Read the quote again. There are no absolutes in that quote.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I wipe my ass with 1 Dollar bills.
- Matt Ruiz
I realize that. I meant that others have implied it. And my objecting to the source isn't proof in itself, but that doesn't mean there isn't proof.
- Tanath
You know what the #1 quote from the movie CASABLANCA is? "Play it again, Sam." Just one problem - that quote never happens in the movie. At all. Yet, that's what people erroneously hear over and over again. Kinda like that Scripture you object to.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Others in this thread have implied it. I'm one of the ones pointing out that the quote doesn't imply it's the root of all evil. See my comment to sherijohnson for instance. :)
- Tanath
Your stance is akin to you quoting a truism from a Harry Potter book and me objecting to the quote because I don't care for Harry Potter.
- Steven Perez
from IM
On the contrary. The manner in which you quoted the bible seemed to imply that it has some authority on the matter. This is debatable to say the least.
- Tanath
***Which is why I included the quote.*** I can recall a quote poorly, but if I actually post the quote from the source material, the only objections you could feasibly have about it are (a) you don't like the source material or (b) the quote is incorrect. Since you've already indicated that the quote is not false, what other explanation is left?
- Steven Perez
from IM
I wonder if we're talking past each other here. What exactly is the point of contention?
- Tanath
And considering that the question is based on the quote, it seems facetious NOT to remind all what exactly was said.
- Steven Perez
from IM
The question isn't necessarily based on the biblical quote.
- Tanath
You know of another source that uses this? Such information would have been helpful.
- Steven Perez
from IM
It's part of common culture, and I'm sure there are prior sources for the notion. Edit: But even if they aren't, it's his own question whether it's been asked before or not.
- Tanath
I would love to hear about those.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Though I don't see how it would be helpful - except for a debate about the bible.
- Tanath
I get the distinct impression that, had I used a quote from a philospher, I would not have received such a vigorous debate about the veracity of my source.
- Steven Perez
from IM
You call this a vigorous debate? :P Actually, I only just bothered to look up the quote, and according to the KJV, it DOES say that love of money is the root of all evil.
- Tanath
See, that was your first mistake. When was the KJV compiled? The 17th century. Try looking up that quote in any modern translation, and you'll find something different, such as my own Bible, the New World Translation: "For the love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things, and by reaching out for this love some have been led astray from the faith and have stabbed themselves all over with many pains."
- Steven Perez
from IM
The KJV is apparently considered to be one of the more accurate translations. Meh. My point was that it does say it in some translations, so it makes sense for it to be quoted as such, and isn't necessarily a misquote.
- Tanath
Yeah - back in 1611.
- Steven Perez
from IM
You think the increasing loss of the original languages has helped the later translations?
- Tanath
Given the sheer number of codices that exist from between the time of the Dead Sea Scrolls and today, I think they are certainly more than enough reference sources to verify the translations. Certainly today, it is easier to get a better translation, simply due to the speed that information travels and the outlet available for double-checking one's translation, than it was back in 1611.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Meh. Not really interested in turning this thread into a biblical debate. ;) I have other relevant threads in my feed if you're interested in that. I'd rather stick to the point here and not hijack the thread.
- Tanath
Steven: The Bible quote came across as an appeal to authority argument. I think that's what Tanath is trying to express. Please forgive me if I'm mistaken.
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Tanath - Most people like to think of themselves as good people, but there are no absolutes in this respect. Some of the greatest evils are perpetrated by people who believe they are doing good. Human nature, by dint of evolutionary traits tends towards the cruel, selfish and greedy (just watch children at play to see what I mean). Thus, whilst I don't disagree with your argument, I think that my point still stands.
- Slippy "WildBeard" Lane
Slippy, this is a point I've made myself above, but the cruel tendencies are remnants from times past. We are evolving towards more civilized behaviour. Selfishness & greed must eventually lose out over more wise behaviour.
- Tanath
Tanath, to identify the source of a quote is not the equivalent of "hi-jacking" a conversation. It is simply identifying your source. In this instance, the quote that started this thread was not a mis-quote, but rather an incomplete one: it was as people tend to remember it with the most outstanding memory aids in that sentence: "money" and "evil". However, the point of the quote is...
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- Melanie Reed
@technosailor block the trolls/haters and move along. For me, FF is one of the few places (online) where amicable discussions are possible.
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YOU HAVE KNOW IDEA WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT, MONA. SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE!!!!1
- l0ckergn0me
Your ≠ you're TROLLFACE.
- Mona Nomura
lol
- mikepk
*Chris and I hate each other btw. ;)
- Mona Nomura
Seesmic is one other. I have a two strikes policy. I have only used it twice on Seesmic which says a lot for that new media
- Ross
Also: know ≠ no!
- Timothy Griffin
All this anger, it's not neccesary, chill peepz
- Sebastiaan van den Akker
!!!!1,Did the little finger just separate from shift? or express emotion? I think caps lock was not used
- Ken Okabe
First?
- Mike Lewis
Imma take Mona's side on this, cuz she's teh awesome!!11!!!
- ha3rvey (needs soup)
BUT AY HAVE KNOW IDEA WUT IM TALKIN 'BOUT HARVEY!!!!!11!!!!ONEONEONE
- Mona Nomura
O_o
- Joe Silence is not dead
^^^ dead silence is appropriate hahaha
- chrisofspades
Dead Silence: killed 361 threads! [33% kill rate] http://chrispeoples.com/ffthrea... :)
- chrisofspades
Ken, in this context, adding a "1" to the end of or middle of a series of exclamation points is proper usage when communicating something emphatic on teh interets. A nice touch was intentionally using the possesive form of "you", rather than the contraction for "you are." Extra points awarded for the use of all caps. 9/10
- Mark Davidson
from BuddyFeed
Totally agree with that.
- Diego Barros
Mona: I blocked Aaron to save him the trouble.
- Robert Scoble
FriendFeed needs a "close comments to this thread" option, or "only allow commenting from those that I follow" option.
- Jesse Stay
Jesse: that would be a good feature.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: LOL. Jesse, I agree - I don't have problems on my feed since I monitor and block jerks and unnecessarily rude people right away but MAN I've seen some people on FF crucified for stating their opinions... :\
- Mona Nomura
I was just commenting how I liked FF more than twitter because its not a bunch of spam bots and corporate marketing wonks. Nice post.
- James Watters
Mona: they should see what Valleywag does to bloggers. Twitter? I have 96,000 followers and most are bots and probably so.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, ignorance is bliss...especially on the Internet. I am very afraid of Valleywag and its readers. ;) Twitter is easier to manage conversation, though sucky for discussions. To each their own, I guess.
- Mona Nomura
As one who was crucified on here, I know that I can't handle/don't want any arguing or ugliness. I'm following Mona's example - "block the trolls/haters and move along". I've never heard of Valleywag, but I'll make sure I avoid it.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
FriendFeed Adds File Sharing. No Movies, But MP3s Are Fine. - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
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OK, I'm very pleased with my new bathing suit. This is for all of you skeptical people (watch out semi-NSFW): http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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It's very nice, tasteful. Sure you look great in a full length view as well!
- Martha
approved
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Very nice Orli!
- Shannon
Martin Bryant to Martin's feed, TheNextWeb Forum, All Things Mobile, *Europe's Mobile Tech & Social Media Hub*
Qik to be bundled with every Nokia smartphone - is live streaming about to take off? - The Next Web - http://thenextweb.com/2009...
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"It’s been possible for over a year but until now it’s been the preserve of a few geeks, bloggers and journalists. Could 2009 be the year live video streaming from mobile phones goes mainstream? It’s been announced that one of the most popular live streaming apps, Qik, is to be pre-loaded with all of Nokia’s S60 smartphones, starting with their new flagship N97."
- Martin Bryant
from Bookmarklet
Bundle the N97 with a gorillapod and you'll have the complete package.
- Bernie Goldbach
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The Amahi Home Server is more than what you'd expect from a GNU/Linux home server. We call it "Home Digital Assistant" or HDA. * Network backups Backup all your networked machines simply and easily * Shared network storage Access, share and search your files from any machine on your network * Secure VPN Automatically setup your own VPN so you can access your network from anywhere: safely and securely * Shared Applications Calendaring, private wiki and other shared applications at your fingertips ... and more
- sofarsoShawn
Works cross platform (Ubuntu coming soon) & gaming consoles has an amazing ray of features and applications. Take a look at the link Amahi is really quite incredible.
- sofarsoShawn
Looks intriguing, though I'm curious how it compares to Windows Home Server.
- Michael Turner
Love the look of this - just waiting for the release that works with Ubuntu.
- Martin Press
It's a lot to take in I was taken a back by how mammoth the whole "project" is with all the app's included/services/multi-platforming and still have to take some time to wrap my head around it. The site says V. Ubuntu is coming shorlty.
- sofarsoShawn
waiting for an ubuntu/debian version!
- 9000
Even WolframAlpha is stumped by this one. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input...
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Been trying to figure this out myself.
- Lindsay
This may be true but W|A just taught me that a zhang a unit of distance equal to 3.2 meters.
- Akiva Moskovitz
You should ask jeeves, perhaps. :P
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
from fftogo
Everyone wave goodbye to Akiva!
- Josh Haley
:( bye guys :(
- Akiva Moskovitz
W|A - enabling information junkies globally.
- Josh Haley
WolframZhanga
- Christopher Harley
I hope they figure out their connectivity and load issues soon :)
- Craig Eddy
They'll always be in Alpha. har har.
- Josh Haley
That's it, Haley. You're in time-out.
- Akiva Moskovitz
:(
- Josh Haley
answered my question when I typed in "wolfram alpha", but only by giving history or domain stats.
- Martha
This site may be useful -- but certainly not now -- a lot of overload based fail.
- Brian Sullivan
The logo looks like "Bit" from Tron when it says No.
- Josh Haley
Which brings up an interesting error in Tron: the bit isn't a bit since it has three possible states.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I just noticed that too. Stupid bit.
- Josh Haley
I guess Null is the default state?
- Josh Haley
Yeah, it's trinary.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Josh, have you asked it what the meaning of life is? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol - Just saw "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on TV last night.
- Mike Reynolds
Mike, ah! Good series. :-) I remember the text adventure, hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
[WOLFRAM|ALPHA] Top 10 Wolfram Alpha Easter Eggs - http://mashable.com/2009...
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"If you haven’t heard about it yet, the new computational search engine Wolfram Alpha launched this week to much fanfare and attention. The service can calculate integrals, tell you the flying time between San Francisco and London, or even the (lack of) nutritional content of your M&M’s."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
Are you addicted?
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seeing that I read this whilst on the loo with iPhone I guess I am!
- Matt Stevens
matt: LOL
- Tyler Gillies
+10 Matt :)))
- Nir Ben Yona
well, i bring a laptop into the restroom.
- David H. Chu
that makes two of us reading iPhones in the loo.
- George Hall (Australia)
David: Ha. I can definitely understand the iPhone thing, but taking a laptop into the loo is something that probably requires other arrangements, eh.
- Nir Ben Yona
A modern way to check you mail in the loo: http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry...
- Jokin Lacalle
Yes I am, do it all the time
- Veetrag
Jokin: interesting concept.
- Nir Ben Yona
You like puppets? - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Wow Loren Feldman did a pretty good video. I take back all the negative criticism I had for his acting ability. He's really got something there. Surprisingly good.
- Dave Winer
I sure do, that's why we made a very special episode for MahaloDaily today... http://www.mahalodaily.com/2008...
- Tyler Crowley
I really enjoy to watch all the puppet shows that Loren made. Pretty amazing and hope the show will never end!
- Christine Yang
from twhirl
dude. im speechless.
- Caroline
I've watched a bunch of the video's they're funny, but tired of the Shel stick. It seems you have to be a real insider to know how they know each other and why Loren thinks the guys a *&^%head or loser. And there is always two sides and I don't have that much time for Soap Opera web 2.0 or whatever you want to call it. Loren keep doing video's, except drop Shel!
- David Cole
may I say LOL
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
eddie murphy's giant head on the interstate - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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This photo now has 29,000 views, and 282 favorites. Seems most of them came today.
- Russellreno
Thomas? What? You liked it? :)
- directeur
Wow . .
- pcdave79
Hundreds of Same-Sex Couples Wed in California - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2008...
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''a_a@FF'', Clay Newton, atalmatal and 75 other people liked this
"This year, however, proponents of same-sex marriage have found encouragement in both the California Supreme Court decision and in a subsequent order by Gov. David A. Paterson of New York, instructing agencies in his state to recognize same-sex marriages performed legally elsewhere. The California court has also rebuffed several challenges to its May 15 decision, made by two conservative legal groups and by Republican attorneys general who fear that the California marriages will lead to legal challenges brought in their own states."
- Bret Taylor
The current UK administration defused the issue of same sex unions by the introduction of Civil Partnerships in 2005 linked to an across the board change of relevant laws to provide parity with married couples - with the exception of those with religiious objections (who should really know better) this has gone smoothly and been introduced across the UK. Its not called a marriage but has all the advantages (and responsibilities!) of the mixed sex varaint.
- Jican
The opposition should be pleased. Now that they're married, they'll be having less sex.
- Phil Wolff
from Alert Thingy
our friends Bob and Michael get married in SF on August 20th.
- Todd Mundt
Is that Bruce Willis in the second picture? j/k
- Nesta Campbell
@Phil: Ha! Comment of the day :)
- Bret Taylor
I love my native state!
- Zach Landes
Phil: Brilliant Comment!
- Parth Awasthi
from twhirl
It makes me very happy to see gay folks entering the light in California. I'm also very amused at how frustrating it must be to the Right. Well, I guess in a few years one of us will be proven right. Either a small percentage of the population of California will be happily married and gay or the country will lay in smouldering ruins and people will be having sex with box turtles.
- Internet's Tad
Tad: I feel a box turtle urge coming on! Hah.
- Robert Scoble
@Tad - I had box turtles as pets when I was kid. Never considered that activity with them though...
- Hutch Carpenter
"It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right. Now you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife." - Rick Santorum (Idiot) ex-Senator from Virginia
- Internet's Tad
Dude in the pic with "Bruce Willis" is freakin HYOOOGE! I wonder how many opponents of gay marriage have been pwned by his hand...LOL
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Really? BTW...Santorum => Pennsylvania
- Hutch Carpenter
Whoa, don't push Santorum on us Virginians! hehe
- jcunwired
Oh crap - sorry to pollute Virginia with Santorum! Oops. I wouldn't wish that on anyone...
- Internet's Tad
I hope it "sticks". My boyfriend and I are waiting until after November. To have the rug pulled from under us after enjoying a few months of wedded bliss would be too much for the heart to bear.
- Jason Menayan
Congrats to all the new couples, with wishes for many happy years.
- Chris Baskind
bravo,
- pestwave
All You Need Is Love!
- Chris Nixon
In my home town in Austria, we had a case of a black man and a white woman wanting to marry, they ended up being refused by the marriage registrar. Of course, we also haven't got gay marriage legalized here. The US have problems, but in some cases, law is way more progressive than in Europe.
- sebmos
YAY!
- dave mcclure
Yay!
- Yuvi
@Phil: LOL! This has certainly been a momentous (and good) development. But it would be nice to see these kinds of decisions made through the legislative process. The fact that this decided in the courts will make the outcome more contentious than it would have been had the population been forced to have a legitimate conversation about the issue. The more bigoted corners of our society now have a victim card to play - and play it they shall...
- Forrest Cox
@Forrest: The genius of our system of government lies in its checks and balances. In particular, an unfettered democracy would be subject to the problem of the "tyranny of the majority". Fortunately this is offset by our Constitution and our courts, whose job is to ensure that individual rights are not trampled on, no matter how unpopular that individual may be, for whatever reason. Any bigots playing the victim card are ignorant of basic civics.
- Ruchira S. Datta
@Ruchira I agree. The Cali court is playing exactly its Constitutional role, and it's essentially a conservative and Federalist approach to reconciling changing societal mores and the demands of a minority. As I've commented elsewhere, we are winning this argument, and we're doing it state by state, rather than through a Federal fiat, which simply is not feasible at this time. All good things...
- Rick Powell
Five Reasons FriendFeed Is Better Than Digg - http://www.inquisitr.com/1002...
Geoff Peterson, Walt Ruppar, Joshua Galloway and 62 other people liked this
only 5 reasons-how about less retards here...
- Mark Forman
Mark lol :-)
- Duncan Riley
I value Digg. But Digg is push; FF is pull. Which is truly the Web 2.0 application?
- Chris Baskind
I also appreciate the egalitarian aspect of FF - no rankings, no voting (except for the likes - which help, but are based on content, no matter where it comes from) - and there is still a real feeling of community
- Frederic
#3 is part of the social evolution. Eventually, we won't use services like digg, reddit, etc,. as much as before, not just because we won't have time :-) it's mainly because everyone can have the same "user power" when they submitting stuff to Twitter, Friendfeed etc,.
- Orli Yakuel
should I comment on this or the digg post, hmmm
- El-Hassan Wanas
It isnt overun but 11 people boosting the same political / copyright "news" to the front page every 3 minutes?
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
I'm getting annoyed with half the conversation on friendfeed dealing with which social network is better. friendfeed is the best interface, but it is bad that there is nothing but a bunch of dorks here. IMHO MySpace and facebook has the best people... too bad the administration is fascist and the interface stupid. digg links to friendfeed. I don't have a problem with it beyond the fact that it is hard to use
- Noah David Simon
@ndsimon totally agree ive hidden as many meta-high-noise users as possible but its hard to avoid. the main issue is that comments should be hidden by default and can be opened by clicking on. as it is they take up too much realestate and also keep old items at the top if they have comments which intermittently get added thus adding the item to the top again which shouldnt happen either.
- ben barren
from Alert Thingy
If users are finding some streams on FF too noisy, shouldn't they just stop following the user instead of constantly hiding their posts? You can't filter Digg's front page in the same way.
- RyanEs
FF is a web 2.0 chat room. It def appeals to the tech first mover crowd as previously there was no good way for us geeks to have constructive conversations at any moment on any topic. Previously we would have had to participate out in the open with the Diggers or one blog at a time.
- Jason Goldberg
I am still hoping to seem some improvements in sorting/organizing the FF view to be easier to scan at-a-glance, but I definitely like it much better than Digg.
- Jeremy Hall
Go Duncan! Friendfeed starting to hit that sweet spot.
- Alex Hammer
Agreed!
- Jeremy Kunz
from twhirl
I Digg stuff that people ask me to Digg that is actually good content. I never visit the site otherwise because my introduction to it showed me that it was just a bunch of elitist crap. My friends and associates should take action to promote my content based on the fact that it's awesome, not cuz I asked them to.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
@chris - push is not web 2.0. Remember Pointcast? Total web .5 push tech.
- Phil G
Excellent post Duncan, you are spot on. I don't even visit Digg anymore. Occasionally i will pull up there feed in G Reader, compare that to the countless hours i spend and devote on Friendfeed. The clear winner is FF on all fronts.
- Mike Fruchter
The Wisdom of the Crowds depends a lot on who's in the crowd.
- Leo Laporte
da--eeeeh retaaaahds
- Noah David Simon
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