I don't want to be protected. I just want to be able to access all of the files on all of my machines from either machine.
- Thomas Hawk
It's because the kinds of engineers who designed the system are software engineers and network engineers. They are not human needs engineers.
- Terence Kearns
They will just save you from yourself!!! :)))
- Lars Clausen
The answer is... MyDropbox... Get it.. Solves this problem and many others.
- Uncle CW™
TH - what's the issue at hand? Are you able to get around it or are you stuck? You could just change the parent folder of what you are copying to "EVERYONE" and you should be good to go. EDIT: just realized this is from last week....how did this pop back up?
- Justin Korn
I looked at at least two pages of every user who posted. I just started learning, so I bookmarked about 20 pages that I'll be coming back to. This was nice, thanks!
- Ryan Massie
I didnt really want to add everyone i know on friendfeed to my facebook, i like to keep them seperate as much as i can. but you know what, fuck it http://www.facebook.com/simon... add a note saying you;re from friendfeed if you add me, then i can group everyone up :)
- Simon Wicks
Thanks, Simon. I've not started going through these yet. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm only going to add the people i actually talk to on here. I have a lot less people on my follow list than you, so its a bit easier for me :)
- Simon Wicks
Remember, guys. According to FB, you're only allowed 5000 friends. Spend them wisely.
- James Myatt
As if we weren't before? Were they really that many people here who didn't also have a FB account, even if they didn't list it in their profile? I've been with FB since 2004
- LANjackal
Well, with this news it is pushing me to start using my real name for web services and to kill (or at least slowly stop using) the tomit persona that I have used for many years. Find me here... http://www.facebook.com/ronaldb...
- tomit
FF better figure out how not to destroy themselves (if possible) with this merger. Friendfeed in the FB interface will not work. I think FF really just f*cked themselves.
- Ethan
I'm on Facebook, but I don't have a name in my profile URL (yet; I'm still new...). But if you want it, it's http://www.facebook.com/profile... -- if you friend me, tell me you're from FF.
- Dennis Jernberg
I don't freaking have one because I never wanted to sign up for Facebook. :P Now I find out that through no fault of my own I'm technically a Facebook user? GAH.
- Cheryl Jones
http://facebook.com/alex.covic - I will friend everybody - for those of you concerned with friend/family + privacy = you can create lists (just like ff-groups) to keep FF-users in a different corner;-).
- Alex 'BuckyBit' Covic
I do not use it much LOL I just post to it from other sites so to fill up my friends stream, I do get messages and some status in text. Anyone who really wants to add me, use the facebook link on my profile. :o)
- David Gross
www.facebook.com/drodzand you won't see much since I got the privacy settings on max in Facebook. Just another reason why I think Facebook is completely different from friendfeed. I hope they keep friendfeed running because I use both services in diametrically diverse ways.
- David Rodriguez
http://www.facebook.com/kimbers... (I can remember if I commented on this already. I don't see "You" on the list, but I'm tired. So, hopefully, I didn't. If I did, oh well.
- Kimber Scott
Thanks Rob, I had forgotten my username for I always used my email address to login - I found there is a settings > username > change thing that lets you change your username once and then you get a facebook.com/username url!
- TrafficBug
I am thinking about just using my Public Page more. Keep my regular profile for family and coworker data. Follow me here if you want more of the type of posts I do here of Friendfeed. http://www.facebook.com/pages...
- tomit
Best of my photos in 2009 - preferred on flickr, zooomr and my choice + stats - not much to talk about, but interesting anyway to see the difference.
- Lars Clausen
=))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) اسپایدر با این کارت جات فقط تو روم بانوان هست و لاااااااااغیر.آهان اصن پسرا هر کی میخواد بیاد تو روم بانوان باید مثل اسپایدر مرد چارقد به سر بشه کلی مارو بخندونه دلمون شاد که شد راش میدیم بیاد تو:)))))))))))))
- joupy
"You will lose your sex drive. Your genitals will swell. You will suffer excruciating pain. You won’t be able to get an erection or ejaculate. You won’t be a man anymore. While it is a routine operation—nearly 500,000 are performed in the United States every year—the myths about vasectomies fester. In fact, the outpatient procedure is a simple form of birth control for men, intended to be permanent, in which the health care provider closes or blocks the tubes that carry sperm. This prevents sperm from leaving the body or causing pregnancy; the body instead absorbs it. Used as birth control, vasectomies are nearly 100 percent effective."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
People keep suggesting I get one of these (including fiance), but there is something inside me that just can't do it.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Had a friend who did it. He said it helped solidify his relationship with his wife.
- Steven Perez
I'm getting one Monday. Didn't have to think twice about it and my wife says that a vasectomy makes me more of a man, while a man who falls into the trap of the vasectomy myths, is de facto less of a man.
- Rene Wirtz
I got one 30 years ago, no problems! :)
- Lars Clausen
@Rahsheen, your fiance? So she NEVER wants to have kids with you after you get married?
- Alex Scrivener
I'm with you, Rahsheen... there are other ways to practice birth control. Plus, something my friend said to me, a guy who's married and has three kids, sticks with me: "What if something happens to my family? Wouldn't I want a chance to start another family?" Generally, I'm against any elective surgery that takes away natural functions
- .LAG liked that
@LAG: but what if you're in your 40s or older, you would still want to start a new family after that, so when your kids are graduating you will be retiring? I agree that when you're still young a vasectomy is not the birth control of choice. And when the time comes for birth control, would you rather have your wife have a very invasive procedure (tubal ligation or hysterectomy) in favor of a simple outpatient vasectomy?
- Rene Wirtz
Of course, I have to jump in now...lol. @LAG: I would suggest that you list out those other forms of birth control, and consider their pros and cons, then draw a comparison. The vast majority of birth control place responsibility on the female partner, often with side effects that aren't great in the long term. Second, elective surgery that takes away natural functions? Which natural function does vasectomy take away? @Steven - great topic! :D
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
This will be our form of birth control once we're done having children. If I can have a baby cut out of my belly, my husband can easily have his vas deferens snipped!
- Mellissa
My ex refused to get snipped. His argument? I shouldn't breed anyway, since I had depression. (Of course, he's (a) got borderline personality disorder, (b) got Asperger syndrome, (c) an abusive a**hole, (d) all of the above.
- Ladybug Heather
Oh Heather, what a POS. Sounds a lot like my ex - who, when I suggested we get marriage counseling told me, "We don't have a problem, but if you think YOU have a problem, then maybe YOU should see a shrink." -- this, given (at the time) about a decade of TONS of marital problems that I had been suggesting we see a marriage counselor for years about. *HIS* reason for refusing a...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Word of caution: *be sure* to go to your follow-up appointment that tests the effectiveness of the operation. A friend of mine didn't and lo was he surprised when his girlfriend came up pregnant a few months later. The operation doesn't always 'take' so you gotta check and make sure.
- Kevin Fox
I have a kid already with my fiance and it's still up in the air whether we will have more. She says no, but it's not a set in stone, No. More like a Not Right Now. I'm with LAG in that I'm wary of any procedure that permanently changes what I'm naturally able to do. Plus, I'm only 30.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Kevin, it can take months before the sperm count is at 0 -- and the docs generally want two 0-counts in a row to be sure. Not necessarily that it doesn't "take" -- just that additional contraception should be used in the meantime. And sperm count checks once per year thereafter, to be sure (because in *very* rare cases, the vas can reconnect). @Rah, yeah, you're in a position that if...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Kevin, it depends on how the Dr. does the operation. If he just ties off the vas deferens or makes a cut, it is possible that it could heal back. If he takes a section out of the vas deferens and then cauterizes and stitches both lose ends, it's a pretty sure thing. Also some very small percentage of men apparently have more that two vas deferens tubes and if you don't cut them all, then the procedure does not work, obviously.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Recanalization does not guarantee restoration of fertility; and duplicated vas deferens "syndrome" exists in less than 0.05% of the population making it highly unlikely - and the likelihood is that it would be seen/felt during the procedure, or a persistent sperm count of greater than 0 after 6 months would clue the urologist to the possibility. (http://www.vasectomy-information.com/wordpre...)
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
@Rah: the natural function comprises of two things: semen and sperm. What a vasectomy does is remove the sperm out of the equasion, but your ejaculation will still be pretty much the same, it is only missing the sperm (fertility part). And I ask you the same question I've asked LAG: would you want your fiance to have a tubal ligation or hysterectomy in preference over you having a vasectomy?
- Rene Wirtz
@Kevin: I have a follow-up in 2 weeks and then I have to provide two semen samples in the next 5 months to make sure the sperm count is zero. After that, it is suggested to do annual sperm check.
- Rene Wirtz
Rene, my aversion to getting my nuts cut has nothing to do with what I would want my fiance to do. I just don't want a knife anywhere near my business. I don't want to be permanently unable to reproduce. I don't prefer that she does anything. On another note, let's say I still want kids, but she doesn't. Why should I get a vasectomy?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Rah (I know I'm not Rene, but...) - my thought is if you still want more kids, then something like sterilization is not the right option for you. I disagree with *involuntary* surgery, or undue pressure from another person about something you feel is not something in your best interest. If, however, you were at a place in your life that you knew you and she together absolutely did not...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
@Rah: it is understood that right now vasectomy is not for you, but your fear of having a knife anywhere near your business is a little irrational, although that is my personal opinion. You are locally anesthetized and you will have a taken a few valium to relax. Plus, trust me, the urologist knows what he is doing. The whole thing was done in less than 15 minutes.
- Rene Wirtz
Rene is correct, the surgery is really a non-issue, very minor and doesn't hurt. You are in and out of the office in less than an hour.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Yup. And now after 8 hours, I only used an icepack (alternating 20-30 off and on) and 2 percocets and I've only feeling a very slight, dull pain. I wouldn't even call it pain, it's a mere annoyance.
- Rene Wirtz
I'd rather use a condom with spermicide than either party have surgery. I know condoms aren't 100%, but the chances are low enough to be the better alternative to either partner going under the knife. But then, I'm personally aversive of surgery unless it's something I really need.
- alphaxion
@alphaxion: what is your reason for the apprehension? Fear?
- Rene Wirtz
I think it's a deep seated thing due to a disturbing dream I had when I was 7 or 8 where I dreamt my own death (was in a hospital, on a life support machine when they switched it off). Also, I'm uneasy with the concept of casually slicing into a healthy body when non-invasive alternatives exist. No surgery should ever be taken lightly, regardless of how commonly it is performed.
- alphaxion
It is true that surgery should never be taken lightly, but the chances that something goes (horribly) wrong with a vasectomy are slim to none.
- Rene Wirtz
alphaxion, It's about as non invasive as you can get and still call it surgery. Removing a cyst or a mole is probably more invasive. The risk of complications from this procedure is almost nill.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I guess there is also the desire to have your options open should minds change over time without requiring yet another procedure.
- alphaxion
@alphaxion: That, of course, is a valid reason.
- Rene Wirtz
@jeff while it's nothing compared to having to go deeply into the body, it's still a drastic solution to a problem with other alternatives. As long as it was proven to not have any major side effects (since flooding the body with extra chemicals/hormones will have other effects than chemical castration), a pill solution would also not be out of the equation. So far, a condom has served me well and not delivered any unexpected presents. I've found my solution. To each their own :D
- alphaxion
tho I do agree with the general train of thought that contraception is not just something the woman has to deal with, as we (the male) have an equal share in any offspring too.
- alphaxion
My husband called Planned Parenthood from the maternity ward as soon as our one very-much-wanted child was born. Bless him.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
Rene, Prose Petal ...good points. To Prose's question what natural functions does a vasectomy take away: well, the most important life function of all-- the ability to procreate. To Rene's issue: would you want your kids graduating when you're retiring? I think that really depends on the person, and on the children and the joy (or horror) they bring to ones life. I remember reading...
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- .LAG liked that
I know of no other alternatives for males to achieve permanent 100% contraception. Compared to all of the female alternatives it has significantly less risk and is the least invasive. I understand that it is not for everyone and some people are adverse to surgery of any kind. That's why there are other non surgical methods to chose from if one desires. I did not have an issue with it, it worked fine for me.
- Jeff P. Henderson
Jeff ...cool. I think the best thing about it, at least in the States right now, is that each individual can make the choice. I'm for personal choice in all things.
- .LAG liked that
@LAG: it is interesting that men have a choice on reproductive measures, while women do no have that same choice.
- Rene Wirtz
@LAG: I understand the ability to procreate is removed (it's not *technically* contraception; it's sterilization *nod*) -- but once a person has had children, or if a person is CFBC, then beyond the option to remove the ability to procreate, then there is no single other function that vasectomy removes or inhibits. And I fully agree about choice. This is NOT a desired choice for...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Or...*heavy sigh*...take away the choice of their newborn infant sons by opting to have them circumcised...which to me is just as bad.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
I had to reinstall my complete OS two weeks ago and I thought that they are up to date enough. Clearly the Adobe Updater is not set to alert me anything :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
all laughing at this is officially forgiven. Please mock freely! I have spoken.
- Morgan Haley
Do not send more of them I am dying here!!!! :))))
- Lars Clausen
ok I just watched the fourth time and I am still laughing. What's wrong with me? I wonder if I'd still laugh two years later - because I am no longer amused with the 2007 Miss America video. This will now resume the #1 position. :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I seriously have no idea what to get him. Adrian said it can't be my usual "boring, stuff educational toys". I can't deal with more cars or dinosaurs.
- Admiral Anika
Something he can do with the yarn. :) Some kind of craft.
- Melanie Reed
This is one of my favorite sites: http://home.howstuffworks.com/yarn-cr... Get him one of those simple string art kits to have fun with (looping them around plastic pegs) and it might lay the ground work for recognizing Fibonacci numbers later on...
- Melanie Reed
Does he like bubbles? There are some really cool bubble sets out there that also include educational info about bubbles/color/etc.
- Katy S
Ooh! Tina's suggestion is a good one! I think that when my nephew was that age I gave him some loud toy musical instruments. Ah, the joy of being the aunt!
- Katy S
Heh. Due to our limited budget and time constraints, he got a caR (Adrian cried until I gave in) and educational Viewmaster reels about...dinosaurs. We suck at originality. (Now that I'm home I could edit out that cat)
- Admiral Anika
from fftogo
For those who have both #Flickr and #Zooomr accounts, care to share what you upload to one vs another? I just signed up an account mostly thanks to Thomas Hawk (clearly he has done his job well as "chief evangelist") but I am undecided about the content to upload and don't really want to double syndicate.
I upload everything to both Flickr and Zooomr. They have different user bases, though there is some crossover. And it's nice having a backup of sorts.
- Jeremy Brooks
It all depends on what your goal is? - if it is getting your work out to a large audience I do not think you can get around Flickr. I also upload everyting to Zooomr but I think that Zooomr has to do something to really get into the game again. Whether they can or will do so I do not know, Thomas know much more about that than I do.
- Lars Clausen
Interesting. Thanks for your feedback! I guess I will *really* have to explore using http://tarpipe.com to cross post then. Right now I only cross-post videos on all major networks. :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I generally post everything to both, except mobile uploads that go just to Flickr. Zooomr hasn't worked out their mobile uploading solution, afaik. Zooomr is a much better community than Flickr and doesn't have censorship issues nor rogue mercenaries on staff.
- Dave Roth
I upload all of my images to both, sometimes the same images the same day, othertimes not.
- Thomas Hawk
@Thomas.Hawk Good to know. I just thought that you don't because when I saw your FriendFeed the Zooomr uploads vs Flickr uploads look like different content! Perhaps you guys can talk to the folks at http://tarpipe.com to see if they can support Zooomr then it becomes all a lot easier :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
I upload sort of haphazardly to the two, different photos on different days sometimes, same photos other times, different order of photos, hence the two different but at times similar looking feeds in Friendfeed.
- Thomas Hawk
@Thomas.Hawk Zooomr can use a better UI team though. Are you guys doing it in house or was it done by an agency? Right now the stuff is a bit crowdy. I will explore further. And what's your 'censorship' standards?
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
See-ming. Zooomr doesn't have any censorship. The UI is under Kristopher Tate's management. I'm not sure how much time he's putting into actively improving it these days. I think at present Zooomr is pretty much a what you see is what you get sort of proposition.
- Thomas Hawk
@Thomas.Hawk 1. Thanks for the info. 2. I have read reports of Zooomr both recruited you as 'chief evangelist' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... vs it's your company (that you own shares of it? but I couldn't find any reference). Would be great if you can clear this mystery. 3. I'm just curious. My apologies in advance if this intrudes your personal privacy space.
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
No problem. The company Zooomr is not mine. I own equity in it, but am not the majority owner. Kristopher Tate is the primary owner and developer of the site. I have worked as the Chief Evangelist for Zooomr. Kristopher moved operations to Japan a few years ago though and since then I've been less involved.
- Thomas Hawk
Right. Thanks for clearing that up Thomas.
- Roberto Bonini