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Jean Ruaud posted a message on Twitter

“a remarqué que les illuminations du Sacré Coeur ne s'étaignaient pas à minuit comme avant (avant quoi?)”

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Matt Cutts posted an entry on Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO

Google does not want rights to things you do using Chrome

Wednesday at 12:49 pm - Link

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Marshall Kirkpatrick posted a message on Twitter

“Does Google Have Rights to Everything You Send Through Chrome? http://bit.ly/4CuPMH strange TOS”

Tuesday at 7:44 pm - Link

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This is a really odd thing to have in a browser terms and conditions especially the bit about licensing content displayed. That could be at odds with the licenses that already apply to that content and could also be a license the viewer isn't legally entitled to grant. - Paul Jacobson

First, let me say that Marshall stole my thunder!! LOL. I was totally writing this up when I found this on my new favorite feed, thanks to @drewolanoff and readburner for introducing me to Marshall. Second, I am leaning towards reaadwritewebmans arguement. The mere fact that Google announces in section 9 of the EULA that you retain the rights to your content, but in section 11 Google implies that they can use it how they see fit as long as it is transmitted through their services worries me. I have always been concerned about how much power we give to these companies, and how we mindlessly click through TOS and EULAs because we desperately want to use a shiny, new service. I'm not saying that Google or any other company is necessarily out to "GET US", but what I am saying is that it never hurts to read what you are signing. Google is an information company, and as such, they create applications and services that either ask for your permission or inform you that they will be collecting information if you wan - 4four1ones via FriendFeed MT Plugin

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This seems totally unnecessary/inappropriate. The services as Google refers to have their own Terms of Services which one has to agree to use them regardless of which browser they will use the services with. Why do it again in this browser. As others said, other browsers don't need this so hard to justify why Google needs it. My guess is that by services they refer to browser specific services like searching from the url bar etc. that is tied to google, if so, it should be a lot more restricted. Also, I find the "open source" part a bit confusing. What is open source and what is not? Is the whole browser code available as open source, or is it just components? What would it take to build an alternative binary without all this nonsense introduced with the ToS? - berkay via FriendFeed MT Plugin

Being Open Source and the code's license should be enough: there is no need for a TOS in Chrome, and such a TOS existing is from redundant to bad. - Marcos Marado

@Michael, The problem with section 11 is that it gives Google too much leeway in how they can potentially use the content your browse (GET) or create (POST) through the browser. They may never use this right, but there's nothing stopping them from using it in the future. The whole copyright arguments falls apart under clause 11 since it essentially says that you retain the copyright but that they can reproduce your copyrighted content anytime anywhere they want. This is like buying a book from an author and giving you the right to reproduce the content for your own purpose without any regard to the author because the author has given you total rights to the content. And I also agree with whoever posted above the comment about the need to change section 11 since we are arguing over it. This ambiguity needs to be clarified. --Jim - Jim McCusker via FriendFeed MT Plugin

A workaround for this would be to compile Chrome/Chromium for yourself without the auto-updater, wouldn't it? Might take a bit of effort, but wouldn't you be exempt from the EULA that way? - Cyvros/fyc via FriendFeed MT Plugin

@ReadWriteWebMan, @Mark... I'm somewhat confused by this discussion (though I'm glad we're having it). 1. No one is forcing anyone to download and run Chrome. Therefore, Google can use whatever license it so chooses; it's up to the consumer of the application to read over the EULA and decide if they're willing to exchange the rights Google demands for the use of the Service. If we think what Google is asking for is extreme, we can debate that, but it's purely an academic exercise. Perhaps Google will listen and clarify the language, perhaps not. 2. I'm curious about the distinction of calling a browser a "Service" as opposed to a "Product". If the browser itself is just another Google service, then it would seem that the same terms that apply to Google Docs would apply to Google Chrome. Is it the downloadable aspect that's confusing things? 3. While I can sympathize with @ReadWriteWebMan's take on things, the simple litmus test for me is syncing Google Bookmarks... Given that I create these on the clie - Chris Messina via FriendFeed MT Plugin

With that clause Chrome is dead to me. period. - Geoff Longman

Thanks for posting this so quickly and thoroughly, Marshall. It *definitely* caught my eye and kept me from downloading Chrome. Even Google doesn't read its own EULAs? not so shocking, I suppose. Now if only I could successfully download and test the browser. - Andy Sternberg via FriendFeed MT Plugin

You all need to read the TOS for Apps. Very similar language... - Sprague D

does everyone forget so quickly? This isn't new with Google - Bwana McCall

they've publicly said they are retroactively editing the EULA. - Michael J Cohen

updated the post to note that Google has removed the part of the TOS in question - Marshall Kirkpatrick

the clause is dead. fantastic. Chrome is a live for me again. whew. - Geoff Longman

no they don't have the right to do that - Victor via twhirl

Ryan McLaughlin posted a message on Twitter

“@stinson Yep, Flickr was unblocked a week or two ago.”

Tuesday at 6:31 pm - Link

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Mara Triangle published photos on Flickr

The wildebeest migration in front of the escarpment

The snare cuts through the tree as the animal struggles.

For a faster migration - keep to the road.

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LPO Franche-Comté: photos from Flickr

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Ryan McLaughlin posted a message on Twitter

“#confession everytime I turn on my VPN I say "shields up" like I'm the Enterprise going into battle...”

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Paul Buchheit liked a video on Vimeo

Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene

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Now we can easily photoshop video as well! I especially like the part where they remove the no-parking sign. - Paul Buchheit

michael arrington posted a message on Twitter

“Jajah Launches Instant Chinese/English Voice Translation http://tinyurl.com/65oa8h”

August 6 at 9:52 pm - Link

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thats really big if it really works! I know of some obscenely well paid middle men that could get upset... - ckorakas

Philipp Lenssen posted an entry on Google Blogoscoped

Google China Music Search Live

August 6 at 9:53 am - Link

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Wildebeest Crossing the Mara River into Mara Triangle

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Mara Triangle published photos on Flickr

Wildebeest with elephants in the background

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Nicolas Gosset dugg a story on Digg

The Daily Show News Team, The Best F***ing News Team Ever

August 1 at 3:24 pm - Link

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Stephanie Booth posted a message on Twitter

“ah, to watch the eclipse live: http://www.exploratorium.edu/e... (thanks @suw)”

August 1 at 2:26 am - Link

Mitchell Tsai, Jack Wilson, K4SAC, David Z, Philippe Semanaz and 7 other people liked this

1 more hour! - Hao Chen

i always wanted to see a total eclipse, I don't know why but in India its always partial :( - Rahul Das

@Rahul Das : Its not true that Total Eclipse hasn't been seen through India. May be you have just missed it. To be precise. The Total Solar Eclipse Happened in total solar eclipses ... 1980 /Oct 1995 / Aug 1999 ... and would happen on July 2009 / Jan 2010 ..dont miss those :-) - Nishant

I may have. but every eclipse I can recall has been a partial one. - Rahul Das

I remember seeing a total eclipse when I was in elementary school. It had to have been less than 4th grade. It was pretty cool. - David Z

Loic Le Meur posted a message on Twitter

“Reading Facebook's international growth by Country very interesting http://is.gd/17Kx”

July 29 at 10:27 am - Link

Bertrand Doux, Andrés David Aparicio, americanm, Martin Añazco and 15 other people liked this

Wonder what that LATAM growth means for Hi5... - jonathan

By those numbers, about 18% of the UK population is on Facebook... - Nathan McDonald via twhirl

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Wow! Chile is on fire! - Oli Kenobi

let's not forget that number of users does not matter that much though, revenue per user matters much more.... some Countries in this list have lots of users but almost no revenue.... - Loic Le Meur

wouldn´t you say then that there is a great biz. opportunity in commercializing ads on these countries (LATAM, etc) for such sites (facebook, hi5,etc)? - jonathan

jonathan, these countries account for almost nothing in online advertising yet, unfortunately - Loic Le Meur

Amazing growth in Latin America. Going online in most of those countries is pretty expensive compared to US, Europe, so doubt it's spreading the signups to Facebook across demographics. Wonder what's driving the growth. - Neville Hobson

I agree, but I wonder how much - if any- is due to poor commercialization strategies. E.g: Venezuela advertising budgets are soaring with the price of oil...couldn´t these sites take advantage of this? Perhaps it just to little and atomized between countries...but I can´t help but thinking that sales efforts might surprise us all. - jonathan

I'm sticking to my original opinion that FB is hype until they can generate a decent revenue per user. I haven't heard one person in marketing say that an ad campaign on FB was productive and I've seen plenty of terrible numbers - Cains

Not sure how reliable are these stats. They said they gather them from "Facebook’s advertising tools" (which I assumed are biased). I'm from LatAm (live in Argentina). Argentina/Mexico users are kind of "hard-core" social network users and on those numbers Colombia has 4 times the number of fbook users than Argentina/Mexico (where internet market/users is, at the same time, bigger than in Colombia). BTW, I'm sure there are a lot more fbook users in AR/MX. - Martin Añazco

Turkey is still the 3rd one, even its growth is staggering right now ... Interesting - Alemsah

Spanish speaking Latam is so big! Interesting to note the Facebook impact on society: the national walk for peace in February in Colombia was highly promoted through Facebook. - Bertrand Doux

Vincent Navillot published photos on Flickr

July 27 at 12:24 pm - Link

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Mona N. posted a link

Chocolate Cake In 5 Minutes! | Dizzy Dee

July 22 at 10:19 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Maryam Ardakani, DSaad69, acedanger, Geoff Schultz and 44 other people liked this

4 Tablespoons cake flour 4 Tablespoons sugar 2 Tablespoons cocoa 1 Egg 3 Tablespoons milk 3 Tablespoons oil 1 Mug Put in microwave for 3 minutes on maximum power - Mona N.

Wow. Who has what it takes to try it out? - Vincent X

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...is this too ghetto for everyone? I'm SO gonna try it lol - Mona N.

Good luck with that. Although, I guess I'm going to have to record me eating it now, eh? - l0ckergn0me

um, that's gonna be your bday cake... just so you know. - Mona N.

Try that out. Let us know how it works. I'm currently downing a totally rigged chocolate milkshake. - Candace Holly

omg now i want a milkshake too.... - Mona N.

That second thumbnail just doesn't look right with the pig on the side of the can. Remember, I grew up NEAR farms... - l0ckergn0me

We've tried this at home. It works a treat. - Barak B

How to make a screwed up milkshake. Chocolate ice cream in a cup, little bit of milk and beat the crap out of it with a whisk (yeah no hand blender). It works. - Candace Holly

Barak: That's awesome! Thanks for the tidbit Candace: i'll save it for a day i'm super stressed hahahha - Mona N.

When you're stressed - substitute half the milk for coffee and add a bit of cocoa powder. That's the best. - Candace Holly

What about some rum? hehe - imabonehead

You used to be able to buy steam puddings just like this cake mix for the microwave - they were ready in about 2 minutes, and were the reason I put on about 10lb in a week when I discovered them :) - Jonathan Beckett

LOL!! ...wait are 'steam puddings' the ones from Cadbury? The canned cakes? - Mona N.

Wow, I gotta try that microwave cake thing. And beating ice cream with a spoon?! Way too much effort there. Just put some in a container, nuke it for a bit and then mix with a spoon. Have at the deliciousness afterwards. - Louie

This is insane, i was just thinking to myself if there's a chocolate cake to make in 5 minutes, i open my computer and - eureka! - Nir Ben Yona

be right back.. ;) - Anthony Citrano

WIN - Mona N.

fail - Anthony Citrano

proof! - Mona N.

Anthony: How was it? - Vincent X

Wow. I just made some. I'm impressed! I didn't have pure cocoa so I used Nestle Quik and messed around with the sugar/Quik proportions instead. It's not very sweet (I didn't put enough sugar), but it raised just like in the picture, and it's actually pretty good, the consistency is nice. With some vanilla ice cream that would have been delicious! - Vincent X

This I am definitely going to do when I get home. - Olaf via feedalizr

This is ghetto like a two-plate stove. - Olaf via feedalizr

it was gross. i'm going to try a variation, but some other time.... - Anthony Citrano

question, what's cake flour? Self raising flour, corn flour.... - Duncan Riley

this is such a typical computer-geek post, I don't know what to say. But… nice find nevertheless. - Vincent van Wylick

I've been sort of half-looking for this recipe for a while now. (The other half was afraid I'd find it.) Might surprise my wife with one after work. - Derrick Burns

I DRINK UR CHOCOLATE CAKE - Paul Montgomery

Looks like poop, but prolly tastes great. - Iain Baker

I'm glad my kids are too young to see this (not surfin' yet), the mess would be epic. I'm still cleaning up the last 'potion'. Imagine walking into the bathroom and finding a 3 year old with 50% of a container of Noxema slathered on his face and hair. Add to that, at the same time, the 5 year old has expended all my shaving cream onto the bathroom mirror, the toilet, and his little brother. Oh and it was the shaving cream/noxema 'footprints' that led to the discovery. - Geoff Longman

I'm tempted to try it, but there's no salt. Chocolate *needs* salt. - Harvey Simmons

Just tried it. Agree w/ Anthony, it was gross, way too sweet. Sorry. - Sally Church

Someone should TOTALLY add this on Knol! -thanks for all the feedbacks. some of the comments made me L-O-L - Mona N.

Mine wasn't that sweet but it was sorta like.. ehh, i dunno.. cocoa foam sponge? 98% of it was fed to the garbage disposal. - Anthony Citrano

i love ur mug - DSaad69

ouriel favorited a video on YouTube

george duke solo flight

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michael arrington posted a message on Twitter

“Last.fm’s Buggy, New Design http://tinyurl.com/5jlo76”

July 17 at 10:54 am - Link

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They say that they lost a server on their blog, so hopefully it'll be less buggy soon: http://blog.last.fm/2008/07/17... - Thomas B via NoiseRiver

Gregory Lent posted a message

“how does one know truth is this great age of interconnection? can anybody say what is going on with the usa economy, and have it not have a counter-argument or an opposing viewpoint? there is no truth, no absolute reality, only a lot of humans doing what they can see to do.”

July 15 at 9:29 am - Link

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Gregory Lent posted a message

“no one considers their actions to be self-destructive. everyone thinks they are doing the best thing they can do for themselves. so why then would we say the world is in a mess? it clearly is not, not with everyone doing the best they can see to do.”

July 15 at 9:31 am - Link

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the Trons - self playing robot band

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Loic Le Meur posted a video on Seesmic

Re: Is blogging dead?

July 14 at 12:24 am - Link

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"Is * dead" is a silly meme. Nothing's dies, really -- hell, people still use 8-tracks :). It just fades away, right? - John Biesnecker

wow loic - probably one of the BEST vids i've watched in a long time! Relationships are EVERYTHING!! definitely look forward to connect with ya ;) - Alejandro Reyes

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Loic, I could not agree more. What I can add is that people need to focus on their passions and connect with these similar people. However, go outside your comfort zones. No blogging is not dead - its just getting better, and better, and better...if anything it's getting bigger. I really enjoy your perspective and thanks for doing what you do. It's people like you, Robert Scoble, Chris Brogan and others that I look to - to help me serve my audience better. - Jason Cronkhite

Interesting insights Loic, thanks. I agree, it is becoming decentralised. Sometimes the conversation will jump from one network to another. I like what you said about finding the right group for what you have to say. I've experimented with crossposting the same micro-post to different platforms to see if there is a different reaction, a different number of replies. There usually is. Now I try to think where what I have to say would best fit - Twitter, ff, Plurk, Seesmic, Phreadz, Qik, Utterz, flickr, blog.. - jjprojects

very interesting take on blogging and decentralization. I run into the same thing based on where my friends hang out whether I updated them on Facebook, twitter, church, or within my Team In Training cycle team. Don't force people to sign-up to receive updates on your life. You need to adapt to their means of communication. - Randy Ksar

I think the general answer to "Is x dead" is generally no, unless it's roadkill. - Cat Laine via twhirl

So if everything is being decentralized, then the network needs to be portable across all of these social software tools. - Justin Whitaker

I would use the term "fragmented" instead of "decentralized." The number of social networks is growing rapidly. User-generated content is so easy to create and publish that it is truly exploding. I can't pay attention to all of it, so I have to rely on my "real" relationships, plus I follow a few digerati with well-established online reputations. Still a lot of noise without enough signal...not enough hours in the day for many of us. - wrecks

LPO Franche-Comté: photos from Flickr

July 10 at 4:12 pm - Link

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edythe favorited photos on Flickr

July 11 at 1:04 pm - Link

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yum :) - RAPatton

oh hells yea - Nathan Rein

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D A M N. - Melissa

FriendFeed makes me want to bake more. - Melissa

I <3 Anti-oxidants! - Geoff Schultz

:D wow... - Brandon

love it when you fave a theme! - Thomas Hawk

NICE edythe! - Mona N.

I really, really, really want pancakes now. - Haggis (Sean)

Mmmmm . . . . blueberries - William Harryman

:) thank you, mona - edythe

i love your feed <3 - Mona N.

I love blueberries...so much ! - Nick

nick: me, too! - edythe

If I fave all the pics of peaches we can make a virtual Peach Blueberry Cobbler. *slurp* - Lisa L. Seifert

lisa, do it! - edythe

Lisa (-; - Alexei Tolkachev

love this set of favorites..and the Peach Blueberry Cobbler idea! - lisa-k

I'm feeling rather blue at the moment. - Bob

bump... - Lisa L. Seifert

I love blueberries - Tim FitzGerald

i hate to say it, but the blueberries on my bushes don't look anywhere near this good. these look awesome. - Nathan Rein

I now have a craving for blueberries :) - imabonehead

yummmmmmmm -- frog. (kidding :P) - Shey

isnt' this month, National Blueberry Month? - clarke thomas

Our blueberry bushes are producing lots of fruit this year. Good, and good for you. - ron k jeffries

We went to the pick-your-own blueberry farm a few weeks ago and have been eating blueberries in everything ever since. They're so good picked fresh. - Trish R

after a couple weeks of buying blueberries anywhere and having them be as yummy as candy, ones i bought last night were not so good... sigh. perhaps the season is already over. - edythe

I usually don't like blueberries except for in muffins but this makes me want to eat blueberries all day. - Michael Narciso

Blueberries are great; I eat them for breakfast (mixed with strawberries) every day. - RAPatton

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pixar on Vimeo

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New short movie from Pixar :) - cata b via Bookmarklet

foarte simpatic. - Dani Radu

Andrew Baron favorited a video on YouTube

I'm Not Here to Make Friends!

July 7 at 12:33 pm - Link

Joe Perrin, Gavin, Jeremy, Ken W and 49 other people liked this

HAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHA best video ever! here we are trying to get 82,000,000 friends on facebook and these people don't care about real friends :) - Allen Stern

I feel sorry for those guys! - Sarah Austin

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"I just want to be friends." - l0ckergn0me

dont worry sarah i am your friend - Allen Stern

The other great reality show cliche is when they say "I won't talk behind your - I'll just say it straight to your face". Brutal honesty is not always a good thing ;-( - jeremy ettinghausen

Still crackin up over the title of this as it appears to people on FF. When you first read it, you're like WTF!? - Andrew Baron

Why can't we be friends? - Sean-Michael Robinson

Is it sad when you recognize a lot of these people? - Hao Chen

All these people lost, right? - Jason Kaneshiro

This kind of a meme is called a "Supercut" a re-edited run like this full of a single phrase. A common type of supercut will include the same actor or person saying the same words over and over throughout a film or series of films and appearances. - Andrew Baron

@Jason, yeah, they lost at Life. - Logical Extremes

But im on friendfeed to make friends.... is that wrong? - Britney Mason

Oh, come on, they missed "MILF Island"! - Lon Harris via twhirl

LOL! - Shey

Reminds me a lot of Dave Winer (the Loren Feldman puppet that is) - Andrew Fielding

Thinking about Whodini's song - Friends http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Phillip Jeffrey

I'm here to be blocked. and I do it well - Noah David Simon

just shared this with some american friends in china in case they think they've been missing out on good TV. this sums it up. heh. - Christine Lu

Britney: I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to be your friend. :-) - Robert Scoble

Thanks Christine - I only recognized "The Apprentice." Now heading back into my lair. - sage brennan

How sad am I that I recognize 90% of those shows. - Adrienne Van Houten

there's a show called "MILF Island?!?" Does the "F" stand for "Friend?"' - Karim

Mothers I'd Like to Fire? - Ruud van Wijngaarden

Reference to the awesome "30 Rock" episode that references the "not here to make friends" phenomenon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M... - Lon Harris via twhirl

Funny *and* depressing! - Kirby Ferguson

"mothers I'd like to Friend/Follow" ok, that's hilarious, I'm taking it and running with itelsewhere - Doug Haslam via twhirl

I'm not here to make friends. - David Weiner

Cool vid, Reality Sucks :-) - Majento (Early Adopter :)

I'm not on FF to make Friends. - Jay Martin

@Jay - does that mean you are on FF to win? - sage brennan

though they do seem to be the type who will 'add friends' - Mrinal Desai

Making friends is like a Turing test for what is reality and not - Ross Mayfield

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Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning

July 5 at 11:21 am - via Reshare - Link

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This will be a photograph in the top 10 of many future lists. - Andrew Baron

Explanation: "In January 2007, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught. The photogenic comet was so bright that it even remained visible though the din of Earthly flashes. Comet McNaught has now returned to the outer Solar System and is now only visible with a large telescope. The above image is actually a three photograph panorama digitally processed to reduce red reflections from the exploding firework." - Andrew Baron

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wow! - امین

wow indeed - Michael W. May via twhirl

مثل ساحل لاست میمونه :دی - ɱil∂ɗ

wow, Greattttttt - Zahra HB

That is an amazing image - Kreg Steppe

It's worth being subscribed to friendfeed for that photo alone. I wouldn't have found it if you hadn't been a friend of Scobleizer. - James Robertson

Dude. - l0ckergn0me

So becoming my wallpaper. - Ben Parr

Very nice wallpaper for dual monitors setups! - Éric Senterre

What a spectacular photo !!!!! - Nellie Root

echoing what james robertson said......worth being here for that photo alone. amazing. - carlotta fancypants

I am setting this up as a dual monitor type display between my two work systems! - Joe Dawson

that is u

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