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What's everyone doing for New Years? I will be at home, sipping champagne, and popping 12 grapes in my mouth for good luck
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Staying off the road.
- Cristo
Hanging out with my husband and the dogs. I don't know if we'll go to a party or not.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Never heard of the eating grapes thing
- Rodfather
What Cristo said.
- Derrick
Watching the countdown TV and then going directly to bed. That is, if I'm even awake long enough for that.
- Rochelle
Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante, and a whole mess of snacks and appetizers from Trader Joe's.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Friends, Thai food, board games, vodka, music.
- Mellissa
A few friends and some weird japanese and korean movies.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
eating 12 grapes at midnight is a spanish thing, and i guess they do it in parts of latin american as well.
- tiffany
There's likely to be snow on New Year's Eve so I'll be staying home.
- Morton Fox
My friend is coming over with her daughter and we're going to have an epic Mario Carts party :)
- WorldofHiglet
As long as I can get a ride, I'm going to a friend's house for a low key party.
- Spidra Webster
don't forget to put coins in your pockets!
- Anna Lynn M.
probably be right here
- VAL D. Zone
Dinner, drinks, dancing, resolutions, hopes for the New Year w/ great pals. Annual tradition at my friend's house.
- Ayşe E.
I wish it were something exciting, but I'll be watching the last four episodes of the first half of the first season of Glee with my mom. And I'm only 30.
- Lis
Seeing Styx perform at Niagara Falls .. standing outside in 30 degree weather .. happy new yrs ..
- johnpiercy
home+drink+food
- fijidaddy
avoiding the http://xrl.us/DhimmiNewYear
- Noah David Simon
We'll celebrate by having Japanese "o-sechi" in the morning, and then a nice meal later for my birthday.
- Rick Cogley
Styx are still together?
- edythe
We are gonna play tennis. :D
- Alix Whitmire
Working, making cocktails for amatuer drinkers. Yea?
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
I still don't know. There's 2 house parties I can go to. I might just stay home instead.
- Rodfather
DHS subpoena travel bloggers: U.S. Department of Homeland Security has subpoenaed two bloggers who published details of a security directive after the failed Christmas terror attack. - http://www.upi.com/Top_New...
"Neither has revealed their sources"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
I guess Dems only support whisleblowers when they inform on corperations.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
The use and misuse of alcohol and marijuana can be traced to a common set of genes - http://www.physorg.com/news180...
Stone washed?
- Robert Hafer
Does FF inherently attract people who like to argue? :)
Jeff (the マクダジ of FF), ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ, Penguin It's Cold Outside and 25 other people liked this
Geeks have argued since time immemorial. "Who's stronger? Thor or Hulk?"
- Spidra Webster
More likely argument takes up disproportionate amount of the conversation.
- Ruchira S. Datta
that just peeps in general
- VAL D. Zone
Argue is a main tool for some,to polish their ego of....you name it !
- Dedegi
@Ruchira, agree... FF also makes it really easy to argue. Much harder to do so on Twitter etc :)
- Bindu Reddy
It doesn't take up much space to say "+1" or "me too!"
- Ruchira S. Datta
NO, IT DOESN'T! YOU WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT? Wait...
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
And when "Like" means "Like", one might end up not commenting at all.
- Ruchira S. Datta
Bubba of Arizona - yes it does.... :)
- Bindu Reddy
:) Bindu, I think there are a lot of people that wanna fight if they can hide behind a faceless medium that allows cowards to escape consequences for inflamatory statements.
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
not really.. I believe FF attracts ppl who like to exchange thoughts.. no two person thoughts are the same in terms of articulation and/or created in the same manner. So we perceive a difference and at times we can be very rude in articulating that difference :)- Having a difference of opinion is not an argument !!
- Peter Dawson
No, it doesn't, Peter. And there are some people on FF (and other places) that disagree in a cordial, friendly manner. But many others are...well, not so much.
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
Not that I have noticed.
- Louis Gray
It attracts people of wide and diverse skill sets and it also encourages Hilarity on occasion ,,,,
- johnpiercy
NO! :) Wait... maybe YES!... no wait.. umm.. whats the question again?
- CW™
I think it attracts people with a diversity of ideas and opinions, which is bound to lead to arguing.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Any site that lets you speak your mind AND has a lot of people that might see your comments...hell yes it does.
- Josh Haley
CW - LOL :)) @johnpiercy Agree some of the discussions are hilarious..
- Bindu Reddy
All sites that invite comments attract trolls.
- rowlikeagirl
It's like jousting without the blood or the prospect of getting the lady.
- Todd Hoff
yup, It's a lot of fun :)... except at times when people begin to take the arguments very seriously....
- Bindu Reddy
Read this.. it might help everyone.. http://ff.im/d6phS
- CW™
Everyone on this thread is wrong, but me.
- Alex Scoble
All conversations on the internet are arguments. This is due to the nature of text as a non-emotionally expressive medium. People read lack of emotions as negatives, thus creating an inherent argumentative tone in any text which disagrees with the opinions of the reader. Thus, all text conversations are eventually heated arguments instead of reasonable debate. The exceptions are few and far between.
- Otto
otto, interesting idea/theory... never thought of it that way... Sometimes how you phrase something matters. People who are argumentative for example always like having the last word..
- Bindu Reddy
Alex, no you are the only one who is wrong :)
- Bindu Reddy
"“Words are magic. The very idea that by making sounds we can paint pictures in the minds of others is magic. We get to choose whether we practice white or black magic" - Jack Brightnose, Cree Medicine Man
- Peter Dawson
Bindu, the irony of your statement warped the universe a bit, but it still seems intact...oh and no, you're wrong. :)
- Alex Scoble
Ask Scoble ( err robert he invented the Internet )
- johnpiercy
Yes, and what Otto said. Other types like myself, who at least initially wanted to find social connections and interaction, give up on that objective and just change how they use it (for learning or exploring, etc.)
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Fights aggregate attention. So yes. Let's go back to High School. Did anyone pay attention to the geek doing a science fair exhibit? Not many. How about a fight in the quad? I remember one where it seemed the whole school gathered around and watched. This is why conversations don't necessarily make you smarter but are probably more entertaining to watch and, maybe, even participate in.
- Robert Scoble
Yes arguing for the sake of arguing doesn't make you smarter... However FF conversations are sometimes really great in helping see another point of view. Maybe we should have a "smart conversation" icon so we can filter for them :)
- Bindu Reddy
"smart conversation" - what is smart for one , could be dumb for another !
- Peter Dawson
Is this Argument? I was looking for Abuse.
- John Craft
Yes Yes Yes, Umm just what do you want to argue about today???
- ThatDBD
I learn more from an argument than having a discussion. A Discussion sometime leads to an argument but an argument rarely leads to discussion.
- ashish
Not more than any other service, but it does better provide the means to do so :)
- sofarsoShawn
Just because some social media services don't facilitate conversation well doesn't mean it doesn't exist on that service. FriendFeed EASILY facilitates the quick exchange of ideas between multiple parties, so disagreement is bound to surface. Twitter is like sticking PostIt notes on a wall, you can argue, but it ain't easy.
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
Are you guys kidding me? 37 replies and no one told Spidra that Hulk is strongest one there is?
- Andrew C
Everyone agreeing isn't very informative. Agruement is good mental execise. Oh, and Hulk.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
Can't stand people who think like I do. Or who don't challenge my nonsense.
- A Mitchell
NO !!!! WHATS"S YOUR PROBLEM?
- JSLeFanu
Johnny, love your postit comment
- Bindu Reddy
+Spidra - Geeks have indeed argued since well, the Greeks. The concept of the dialogue as a "debate" goes way back (even to Babylonian writings), but Plato perfected it: "Plato further simplified the form and reduced it to pure argumentative conversation, while leaving intact the amusing element of character-drawing. He must have begun this about the year 405-406 BC, and by 399 he had...
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- Adrian
I'll be back...I need to go see what all this Avatar fuss is about.
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Oooh let us know how it is!
- tab thinks you're awesome
I might see this tonite, so please do let us know how it is! Enjoy!
- Morgan Haley
Tell me if I need to trek to IMAX for it.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
We might see this Sunday. I'm looking forward to it!
- ha3rvey (business time)
*grabs pencil and pad for the "D-View"*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Did you at least go to a digital theatre with 3D?
- Jason Huebel
Oh, you're probably in the middle of the movie. Since it's three hours long, we probably won't hear from you before Christmas. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
That makes one of us.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
I double-checked my tix. Avatar? Yep. IMAX? Absolutely. 3-D? Confirmed. Bubba? Can't wait!
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
EngagetHD says RealD 3D is the way to see Avatar
- Robert Hafer
From reading this I conclude there are different types of 3D systems with which Avatar will be displayed. What are they?
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Did it blow your mind?
- ha3rvey (business time)
Mr. 7 is dying to see it. What's the sex/violence/cussin' report?
- s t e v e
A little cussing, the violence is fairly tame, although there is some combat, as you might expect. And a brief "mating" scene between two Na'vi people. That freaked me out because not because I'm a prude, but because it was all CGI and weird. Mr. 7 will be wowed with the movie, though. The Mr. 7 in me was. It's breathtaking.
- Derrick
FYI: It is also nearly three hours long.
- Derrick
so the 'pee-tential is high with the almost 180 minute duration....*notes to self: small soda for this movie!*
- Morgan Haley
Thanks, D. I think we'll try it on Monday or Tuesday.
- s t e v e
I'm going to see it on Monday! Thanks!
- tab thinks you're awesome
ima check it out tonight me thinks
- Morgan Haley
I honestly didn't care anything about this film ... until I saw a trailer for it two nights ago. Now I really want to see it.
- Martha
3 hour movies need an intermission.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
WTF? 3 hours? I'm not seeing this in the theatre. I will fall asleep!
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
I love long movies! I feel like I'm getting my money's worth.
- tab thinks you're awesome
Morgan, I've been soda free at the theater since the Watchmen debut. Carried along the tide of humanity exiting the theater, I missed the restroom on my way out and drove like a madman down the block to a diner. *More notes to self: Don't go on premiere night.
- Kevykev
The White House is friendly to its enemies, patronizing to its friends - Salon.com - http://www.salon.com/opinion...
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"The president's base won't easily forget being talked down to"
- Sean McBride
from Bookmarklet
"As I have already written, White House officials have moved to attack and discredit liberals who oppose the Senate bill. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, for example, said that Dean was acting irrationally. Also, White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod said that liberal opponents of the Senate bill are "insane." The White House response has only enhanced anger among liberals."
- Sean McBride
David Axelrod, a neoliberal, smears Obama's progressive and liberal base as "insane." That remark won't ever be forgotten.
- Sean McBride
If Obama doesn't fire David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross immediately, and move his administration off its current path, the prospects for him winning the nomination in the next presidential election are nil.
- Sean McBride
http://www.mydd.com/story... - Axelrod walked back the "insane" thing just a bit.
- Andrew C
Too late.
- Sean McBride
Obama's problem will be that Europeans and South American Socialist can't vote in US elections
- Robert Hafer
Problem for Liberals is simpe Obama and Rahm are Clinton Redux, corporists who believe in Corporate governance and Rahm has made the political calculus that Libs got no place else to go but Democrat. Until libs and the net roots make a strong move to the Green Party in 2010 perhaps costing the dems the majority and leave Rahm to contemplate 2012 with Obama a one termer and President Caribou Barbie the math doesn't change and liberals will be ever the wallflower at big Wite House Dance
- WarLord
What the US truly needs is to get rid of both the 2 party system and the electoral vote system.
- Rene Wirtz
and then ponies for everyone!
- Andrew C
Rahm Emanuel's connections to AIPAC may be of much greater significance than his connections to the "corporatist" world. His business connections seem to revolve mostly around the realm of sketchy financial manipulators. It looks like he is doing a bang-up job in ruining the Obama administration (he has been working in tandem with Joe Lieberman regarding the health care mess).
- Sean McBride
Obama's problem is that his base won't be there for him in the next election to prop him up and defend him from his many enemies. Many of them have already left the auditorium. Without his base, he wouldn't have had the slightest chance to win the last election.
- Sean McBride
"Without his base, he wouldn't have had the slightest chance to win the last election." ..... that's true for every elected pol.
- Andrew C
I had an old time local political hack tell me; "You dance with the one what brung you to the dance" ignore your base at your peril
- WarLord
Andrew -- But especially true for Obama, given his profile and the zealotry of his opponents. His election required extraordinary enthusiasm and commitment from his base -- and he has already squandered much of that political capital. And it's only 2009. I'm not sure what he can do to get out of the downward spiral, other than replacing many of his key political advisers and handlers. But they own and control him. He doesn't own and control them.
- Sean McBride
I wonder if history will show the major failing of the Obama White House is "Timidity" You must dare to win. Obama and his advisors seem to think breaking even is enough
- WarLord
تفاوت خرید کردن آقایان و خانمها - http://www.tabnak.ir/fa...
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Difference between men and women in shopping
- M♥hammad
we, men are so efficient when it comes to shopping lol
- Ibrahim El Issaoui
Nerds: 5 mins online, 6 hours of Call of Duty.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
The Associated Press: AP IMPACT: Science not faked, but not pretty - http://www.google.com/hostedn...
"E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data — but the messages don't support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press. The 1,073 e-mails examined by the AP show that scientists harbored private doubts, however slight and fleeting, even as they told the world they were certain about climate change. However, the exchanges don't undercut the vast body of evidence showing the world is warming because of man-made greenhouse gas emissions."
- Sean McBride
from Bookmarklet
In order to reach a fair and impartial investigatory judgement. Researchers that examine the evidence should recuse themselves when they have an attachment to the suspects or the evidence. Yet that does not seem to be happening here and it is not just this one instance. AP’s Seth Borenstein is just too damn cozy with the people he covers / Investigates http://bit.ly/8jdpqA
- Eric Logan
LOL, yeah, I would bet the "AP" put the same amount effort into this as they did into Sarah Palins book. There is no "vast" body of evidence to support man-made GW.
- Spencer
Examining the computer code that adds fudge factor to create a warming trend is more damaging than the emails.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
The fudge factor that was never actually even plotted? (the adjusted data was not actually used in subsequent lines, though many of the "skeptics" sites that posted the code conveniently forgot to leave in those next few lines that would have showed it.)
- Andrew C
Good Morning World (and please, keep narrow minded people away from me!)
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Open-mindedness is a good thing.
- Kol Tregaskes
Just don't be so open minded that your thoughts fall out.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
Kol, and it helps understand all kinds of people:)
- Citronella
Ha ha! Robert: that's a good point too!
- Citronella
Citronella, agree.
- Kol Tregaskes
Average gamer is 35, often overweight and sad: study
| Reuters - http://www.reuters.com/article...
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"Video games might be regarded as an obsession for youngsters but in fact the average player is aged 35, often overweight, introverted and may be depressed, according to a U.S. study." - found via Amy: http://friendfeed.com/phoenixx
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
Interestingly, the research was conducted in the Seattle area, where I happen to live. And play videogames.
- joey
"Video games might be regarded as an obsession for youngsters but" + "looked at the behavior of 552 adults aged between 19 to 90" <-- does not compute.
- Alix Whitmire
"Average gamer is 35" - only for a year :-)
- Slappy Line
The researchers "knew" the results before they collected the data, more bad science.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
Hey! I'm not sad! (also, 33!)
- Jennifer Dittrich
LOL - "and sad!" That's hilarious!
- Ciaoenrico
33, not overweight but maybe a bit sad.
- Kol Tregaskes
why sad kol?
- τorƍue
Oooh. That almost makes me a gamer (I'm not quite 35, yet, though). :)
- Curtiss Grymala
The boyfriend qualifies as everything but overweight and 35.
- Miss Elle
Today is the first day since I quit my job that I've been awake before 8am. Hah.
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I saw that! I said to Akiva, "Woah, Joey's awake early. WHY?"
- Rochelle
I imagine birds and squirrels assist you in getting dressed while the sun hits you.....wait, they don't have a sun in seattle do they?
- Matthew DeVries
Haha Rochelle I planned to get up early every day but I've just been too exhausted and headache-y to do it. Today I had to be in Redmond at 10. Hopefully this is my new routine.
- joey
G'morning, Joey! It's kinda weird to think you're tucking into your breakfast as I'm finishing my dinner!
- Andrew Terry
Matthew, all the squirrels are in marshaled in Redmond, Charlie-Chocolate-Factory style, trying to crack that open internet nut.
- Micah Wittman
Joey, you have to get into the habit of closing Aion and going to bed before 3AM. :P
- Rochelle
Haha, I haven't played in a few days. I've been reading. I just can't get to sleep until really late because the headaches have been keeping me up. :(
- joey
I have an easy chair in my bedroom to sleep in when I have bad headaches; sitting up seems to make it hurt a little less.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
Robert, I think that's why I tend to stay upright and try to read or play a game. When it's a cluster headache I get fidgety and can't stay still and need some sort of input to try and distract myself.
- joey
I wake every day at 330am :/
- Tsali, The Native of FF
:( There was a while where I was working until about that time then going to bed and working at 8am. I am so glad to not be doing that anymore. Are you adjusted to your schedule?
- joey
I'm well adjusted thank you, oh you meant the schedule? Yeah, I sleep around 8pm and wake at 330am most days, but have been known to head to work with less than an hour sleep. It's ISP escalated tech support, so less sleep the better, makes me sounds all techy and stuff throwing random numbers and accronyms out there
- Tsali, The Native of FF
Haha the less sleep the better. ;)
- joey
i just hope your feeling better ms joey
- chaz2b
Thanks chaz, I am today :)
- joey
i'm so happy to read that, :). headaches SUCK!
- chaz2b
I'm rarely up that early ever.
- Christian (Simply X)
What would it be like if every job in the World was at the same wage level for everyone?
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Would it be a good or bad thing?
- Kol Tregaskes
History has shown that if resources can't be allocated via the price mechanism, they will be allocated via some other way. For example, when governments impose price caps on scarce goods, the results are shortages, long lines, and corruption (as government officials ensure that they and their friends can get gas or vodka or whatever when no one else can).
- John E. Bredehoft
So what would happen if the price of services were capped? For argument's sake, let's assume that the wage was set at the Mexican minimum wage, which last I heard was approximately US$5 per day. In Mexico, the president of a manufacturing company would therefore have to conform to said wage. Assume for the moment that he/she can't arrange to get paid in other ways (e.g. the company...
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- John E. Bredehoft
John's on fire. Capitalist. ;)
- Jeremy (on vacation)
Meanwhile, let's go to Bangladesh, where US $5/day is a fortune. The company, suddenly hit with a huge wage bill, may temporarily (or perhaps permanently) lay off workers just so they can meet payroll.
- John E. Bredehoft
Wages effectively help to allocate scarce resources, and if the wage structure isn't present, how will those resources be allocated?
- John E. Bredehoft
Since everyone is getting paid the same, everyone would probably try to get the easiest job. Why work hard for $5 if you can work easy for $5?
- Dave Roth
Very bad. You think we have a dire need for more engineers and doctors now? Wait until you get paid the same as for washing dishes or painting artworks all day.
- Alex Scoble
We'd still be living in caves.
- Dave Roth
I thought of ONE positive. Provided the job is available, you can choose to do the thing that you really love. Some people sacrifice their dreams because they need to make money. In this case, there's no need to sacrifice a dream because it's low-paying.
- John E. Bredehoft
Unfortunately, John, no one would go in to management or become a school principal, nor would people willingly do really nasty or dangerous jobs. It would also destroy our ability to have an educated populace as there would now be no reason to go to school.
- Alex Scoble
That's why the Chinese are phasing out Communism. Without incentives to excel, no one does.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
communisim??
- Roberto Bonini
Technically not communism, or at least not as Karl Marx envisioned it. "To each according to his need" is not the same as "one wage to rule them all." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- John E. Bredehoft
What about sharing out all the money in the world between everyone equally, what would that do?
- Erik Retallick
I concur with Erik.
- R_ C
I'm going with Robert and Jeremy... Commie! Don't worry Kol I won't name names=) It sounds like a good plan but Alex is right. People wouldn't bother to go school for years and years to make the same money as their neighbour who's a McDonalds worker.
- Brodie Beta
Are you a Mac or a PC?
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Explain why. - question from Plinky: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
PC - because I can do anything I want with it
- Farshad
PC. Because I like to fix my own dang mistakes.
- Jeremy (on vacation)
PC - Because I know why a computer works and why it DOESN'T.
- Eric Gagne
I am a human being. But the machine I use the most is a Mac, because UNIX rules :)
- Victor Ganata
PC .....thats all I know
- VAL D. Zone
Mac - Recent convert. I got one to work on an iPhone app and fell in love.
- Shawn Farner
Aren't Mac's PC's?
- Derrick
I <3 Derrick
- Alex Scoble
Yes.
- Victor Ganata
I'm not a number! I'm a free man!
- Alex Scoble
no they are toys :))))
- Farshad
I'm a mac ....and a PC
- adataghost
UNIX is a toy? That's a new one.
- Victor Ganata
Former PC/Windows user, now a total Mac convert (except for when I'm at work).
- Penguin It's Cold Outside
Because I am tubby special...
- Eric Gagne
I am both, because I do some stuff with the PC and I do other stuff with the Mac.
- Arlan Koizumi
PC cause I'm cheap and like open
- Yant
You keep using that word "open." I do not think it means what you think it means. <;)>
- Kevin Pedraja
Mac. Because I like things to work.
- Kevin Pedraja
As for "open", well, Linux and BSD run on PCs too ;)
- Victor Ganata
that depends on what you think i think it means ;-)
- Yant
PC, because Mac UI bugs me and I like choice (and not paying a fortune)
- Amy
Windows, because it's cheap and easy.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Linux because I can right click AND patch my own kernel.
- Miss Elle
I refuse to answer with that picture. It's like choosing between a cock and douchebag.
- Rodfather
Cock > Douchebag
- Derrick
Haha
- Rodfather
Heh, you can right click perfectly fine in OS X, and it looks like you can even build xnu if you want http://shantonu.blogspot.com/2009... but it doesn't like it's for the faint of heart.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor -- How do you right click (aside from pressing "Control")? I hate having to "two hand" when using the boyfriend's MacBook.
- Miss Elle
Ah, yes, that could definitely be a problem with the trackpad, which I'm not overly fond of anyway. I actually use a Bluetooth Logitech mouse with my MacBook.
- Victor Ganata
Miss Elle, there should be an option under System Preferences > Trackpad that allows you to do a two finger tap on the trackpad to register as a right click. Or, if it's an older macbook that has the one button, you should be able to keep a finger (or two?) on the trackpad part and click the button, iirc.
- Arlan Koizumi
I would always be a Windows person, I guess. Not because I am uncomfortable with KDEs and command lines, but WIndows got the icon idea, windows, maximize, minimize, etc. right first.
- TrafficBug
Switch hitter, I'm a Mac on my desk, Windows mostly for games, Linux for server stuff and serious code. I believe in... whatever works... not so much in the religion.
- Ed Millard
PC. Flexibility, Cost, Applications(not having to wait for ports), gaming, and control over hardware.
- Adi
I'm a charcoal grill.
- Adrian
Both....or neither. I was a Linux guy for almost a decade. Moms got me an XP laptop a few years ago, which is still my primary, but I have a Mac in the studio. I have no allegiance to any OS, though. Most of what I do is inside the browser (except in the studio, but a PC runs Pro Tools just fine).
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Mac with Windows under VMWare. Need both for work.
- Keith Bennett
from BuddyFeed
Mac for the last three years..
- Pavan
PC. It was what I was first exposed to.
- Tony C
what ever gets me into my fog (my personal OS built on the internet), but it was pc that let me do that, so...
- chaz2b
Mac looks like petty criminal from behind the corner
- A.T.
Mac and PC ;-)
- Farzad
PC
- آتشرخ
PC - Windows and Linux (SimplyMepis). They should add a *ChromeOS guy* to the picture:)
- Citronella
с этой недели и Мак тоже :) а так на работе линух дома винда была
- Vinsent
I'm Adi. No, wait... I am PC (Flexibility, Cost, Applications(not having to wait for ports), gaming, and control over hardware). But I just might buy my next laptop from apple, because they pack good hardware nicely. And then I'll put Windows 7 on it.
- Павел Романовский
Used both systems for 20 years. Each has its function, though time has shown me more uptime and lower cost of ownership for Mac. We have an entire department, read priesthood, set up to take care of Windows (mostly security issues;) all Mac people take care of their own needs. When I buy for home use, it's all Mac.
- Phil Boiarski
Mac for the last 6 years. Because I work in graphic design, video and photography. When I used to do a lot of database work a PC was better for me, but now I will only use a PC if I need to do rare database stuff or help a client. However I do like John Hodgman better!!!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
where's "Linux PC", in a blue-collar apparel carrying a wrench? :)
- 9000
Mac, because I got fed up with Windows at 3.0
- Robert Hafer
Mac, because it's the best way to run unix. (both in terms of hardware and GUI)
- Meryn Stol
im a chromeeeeee
- siniradam
I'm a computer user - Apples, Acorns, Spectrums, Ataris, Amigas, home built PC's with any OS I want... I don't blinker myself to the possibilities. And to those whose windows installs appear to be the opposite of OSX in that they don't "just work", may I suggest that the problem isn't always with the OS ;) My windows installs last me years between reinstalls (usually because I've bought...
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- alphaxion
oh, and for right click on a macbook, you can set the corner of the touchpad up as your right click.. no need for even 2 finger clicking. Tho, I do have to ask as to how you can record the audio from an application using audacity... the ability to select the stereo mixer doesn't exist and I have to resort to my windows machine in order to grab the audio.
- alphaxion
I'm more of both really. PC for gaming on Steam, Mac for editing, and whatever work I can do on both.
- Outsanity
PC, because being a mac leaves no freedom
- Kirill Bolgarov
PC
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
FL Man to Smoke 115,000th Joint - earns him world record for cannabis consumption - http://www.newser.com/story...
"Irvin Rosenfeld, a 56-year-old stockbroker from Fort Lauderdale, will toke his way into the record books today by smoking his 115,000th joint. The best part: It's completely legal. "Yep, provided by Uncle Sam," Rosenfeld told NBC Miami. "They grow it for me.""
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
cooool dude
- VAL D. Zone
Emphysema.
- Itachi
"That's 300 joints every 25 days for 27 years—10 to 12 per day". Damn.
- Rodfather
Where was that Darwin award post...?
- Robert Hafer
I am guessing those aren't Big Bambu sized spliffs though.
- Brian Sullivan
"He set the bar high and smoked the competition."
- nakachi
CRU files scandal reaches print media - http://www.examiner.com/x-28973...
If true, this proof of a scientific hoax.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
South Carolina Republican Caught With Sex Toys And Stripper In Cemetery - Really - Air America - http://airamerica.com/really...
Dante Rose Pleiades, Rob Haas, Rene Wirtz and 21 other people liked this
"First it was Governor Mark Sanford, then Joe "You Lie" Wilson and now another Republican from South Carolina is embarrasing his state in front of the entire nation. Roland Corning, 66, a deputy assistant attorney general got caught entertaining an 18 year old stripper in a cemetery on his lunch break."
- Joe Silence disconnected
from Bookmarklet
ughhhhh
- Shevonne
Something's in the water...
- anna sauce
HAHAHAHAHA! Can't wait to see tonight's Colbert Report!
- Spidra Webster
South Carolina is the new Florida?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
God damn people. I would hate to be a citizen of SC right now.
- Itachi
no worse than where i live. :(
- Joe Silence disconnected
*plays Thriller*
- Mo Kargas
Stay classy, Roland.
- Iain Baker
HAR, Mo!
- Spidra Webster
beat me to it...
- tehKenny, Dork
Wow.
- Derrick
SC sounds like a good place to me ... at least they know how to have fun sex ... strippers, cemeteries, sex-toys, Viagra ... it's all good.
- Kittyburgers
Getting an early start on his Halloween festivities?
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I bet it was a fantasy thing. You're right about Halloween.
- Kittyburgers
Strippers need kinky sex too.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
This man is a hero for bringing Halloween-themed hilarity! Of course, I might feel differently if he represented me.
- LAST DAY OF WORK
Why at lunch? Wouldn't night be more appropriate (if there is such a thing as appropriate in this situation.)
- Dario Gomez
Can't stop laughing
- Alejandro
Had to be a nooner to keep him safe from vampires.
- Spidra Webster
Oh MY...lol...man, they just keep giving the political satirists plenty of material...and even seasonal timing to boot. Yikes.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Maybe I'm just too logical. But aren't the odds of getting caught quite high if you engage in sexual acts, in a cemetery... in daylight?
- Eoghann Irving
That's the allure of danger sex. It's horny!
- Kittyburgers
from IM
LOSER
- Susan Beebe
Antics like this always makes me wonder how the good republican senators/representatives feel about abortion if they knock up their mistresses?!
- Rene Wirtz
Geesh, how did abortion work it's way into the topic? Who said anything about getting "knocked up"? Maybe he just wanted to have a little fun with a stripper? I mean, it's completely possible, no?
- Kittyburgers
from IM
@kittyburgers: it is a side note. But an important one, because it's republicans like Roland Corning who preach abstinence, are anti-abortion, yet they seem to like to color outside of the lines they themselves draw. So, hence I was wondering, hypothetically, what he would do, if he would knock up his mistress? I agree with you that everyone is allowed to have a little fun, but the whole "do as I say, not as I do"-mentality is revolting. IMNSHO.
- Rene Wirtz
Not just republicans. It applies to everyone, dems included. They're just as sleazy as everyone else. Nobody gets a free pass.
- Kittyburgers
from IM
I partly agree. Most dems do no preach the "holier-than-thou" morals, while most repubs do.
- Rene Wirtz
That may or may not be true, I can't really say, but from my experience, and the issue I find more troubling, is that North Americans on the whole seem to be quite prude when it comes to anything sexual. That has certainly been my experience. I wish I could report otherwise, but that just hasn't been my experience.
- Kittyburgers
from IM
It's an Anglo-Saxon thing, I'm sure. And there seems to be a correlation between the level of religiosity and the level of sexual deviancy.
- Rene Wirtz
The City of Los Angeles has voted to overhaul its e-mail system, converting it all to Gmail. Some say it’s a victory for Google, which is trying to replace Microsoft applications in government cubicles everywhere. But some in L.A. are concerned about storing public data on Web-based servers. L.A. will spend more than $7 million to switch to Gmail,... - http://misterjt.tumblr.com/post...
If they wanted to replace MS, maybe they should have gone open source. I have to say I love my own Gmail account but Google's data mining for ads, etc. is a bit scary when applied to official public communications.
- Spidra Webster
"maybe?" no maybe about it. web-based servers is kind of a silly argument IMO. if you can receive mail from outside of the city government, it's "web based." my bigger concerns would be data portability and e-mail monitoring. you can't export from gmail without using a desktop client. and how do you make sure none of your employees are leaking sensitive city data with GMail?
- tiffany
It's an interesting way to save money long term but it also feels like just a further step closer to Google gaining sentience and becoming skynet. What if our future technological overlords aren't weapons a la terminator/matrix but knowledge misers hell bent on doing "good" as defined by the cloud? This is concerning to my sci-fi laden paranoias.
- Jason Toney
How do you spend $7 million switching to a free service?
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I think they mean Google Apps. Not Gmail.
- Itachi
Still...
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
If true, Dhanaan, that would relax me somewhat.
- Spidra Webster
That would be disturbing to say the least. M$ Exchange is better for a city gov to use than Gmail.
- Itachi
Government screw-ups and corruption will dwarf any evil on Google's part.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
My thoughts exactly, Mark
- Michael W. May
Hosted Google Apps includes GMail and runs $10 per user per year or something. We use it at my company. EDIT: my bad: it's $50 per user per year. and yes, i *totally* pulled $10 out of my ass.
- tiffany
assuming they aren't getting some special features (which they might) it's a plan to support about 70k employees/accounts. EDIT: Tiffany's ass-pulled numbers screwed up my math and I don't want to do anymore math so now it's a play at home game.
- Jason Toney
After four years in the grand South, I finally worked up the courage to try a 'grit'. And...it's just a redneck name for polenta, no?
Katie is Frittering, John (a.k.a. dendroica) and Admiral Anika liked this
1st, i'm positive you didnt have just one, its "grits" ;)
- chaz2b
2nd, you are correct, its like polenta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- chaz2b
3rd, what makes every southerner a "redneck?" :p ;)
- chaz2b
Grits are made from hominy, which is treated with lye.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
*clutches pearls* A grit?? A redneck name for polenta? Somebody get me a pillow in a satin case for this faint.
- nakachi
Many Schools Are Setting Restrictions on Halloween Costumes - http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
Jessie, Alex Scrivener and Penguin It's Cold Outside liked this
Our school has restrictions, but they don't enforce them. The kids are supposed to come as literary characters, but the Pre-K kids include a Scream costume. For my part, I'd ban the Disney crap and the action heroes too, only because I'm sure these kids don't read comic books or the Disney franchise books.
- Admiral Anika
Actually, I shouldn't say they don't enforce them completely. Yesterday, the principal and vice-principal pulled aside parents of kids in inappropriate costumes, but the papers they send home say the children will be asked to remove the costume and unable to participate in festivities.
- Admiral Anika
My daughter's school doesn't do Halloween at all (although they have today off this year), and my son's school is having an Orange and Black day today.
- Kenton
our schools do "crazy hat" day - kind of lame
- Stuart Miniman
Just spoke to a neighbor about why the jr. high and HS kids don't dress around here. Seems none of the girls wanted to go to school as Ho-Bag Character and the boys aren't going to dress up if it's only them, so no one dresses. Of course, that doesn't mean the girls don't dress as Ho-Bag Character for parties.
- Admiral Anika
PJ day and a festival party. I'm cool with it.
- Katie is Frittering
What's next? Only PC images on lunch boxes?
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
Robert, are you saying that you think it's cool to send a kindergartener to school dressed as Freddie Kruger?
- Rochelle
I'm saying it's a Halloween costume, not a lifestyle choice.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
Freddie Kruger is a bit commercial... when did people lose their imagination and just plump for movie characters? There's so many demons in mythology just waiting for a resurgence.
- alphaxion
I preparing to once again pass out candy to about 1000 kids (if the rain let up) as part of our merchant's event. 5 years ago, I wondered why so many little girls were dressed as hookers. I was told they aren't hookers, they're Brittany Spears; you have to get with the times.
- Robert Hafer
reading the article, I see some are objecting to the pagan origins of Halloween.. how about they reject Easter and Christmas too (since both are pagan in origin too). The night was supposed to celebrate our dead, a way of accepting the fate that befalls all of us and to remember those we care about who have since passed. How about they promote all-saints day too, that way they get both sides of the message.
- alphaxion
Man PC is killing all the holidays now. Pretty soon they'll ban Halloween all together and they will arrest kids for trick or treating. *rolls eyes* I remember dressing up as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. I do think they shouldn't promote commercial characters. Parents should get their kids to dress up in creative costumes. A couple years ago, my brother and sister-in-law dressed my niece as a flamingo and my nephew as Liberace (he was adorable).
- Molly, New Ears :P
Do You Believe That UFO/ET Disclosure Is Imminent? - http://www.ufodigest.com/news...
UFOs, Global Warming; same difference.
- Robert Hafer
The preponderance of objective evidence is that both are real.
- Sean McBride
Obama Ties Bush on Golf - http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archive...
"The bottom line is that people need down time in order to be effective. That’s doubly true of leaders. While it’s possible to overdo it, I’m perfectly happy to have my presidents golfing, horseback riding, brush clearing, or whatever else it is that allows them to blow off steam and get their minds off the job for a couple hours."
- John E. Bredehoft
More time golfing = less time screwing US.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
A Business Proposal to Protect Choice in Electronics - http://inlandutopia.com/2009...
"I am thinking that we should have a chain of stores where Californians can buy their big screens free from governmental regulation. We would open stores in Nevada and Arizona so Californians can buy their big screens without the nanny state regulations of the California Energy Commission."
- John E. Bredehoft
The lighter they get, the more will be bought online. Altough, I've thought of making money on the side smuggling TVs.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
So have the gangs, I'm sure. They used to smuggle demon rum, now they probably smuggle demon energy-guzzlers. And high-flush toilets.
- John E. Bredehoft
Dissident Voice : Mind Your Tweets: CIA and European Union Building Social Networking Surveillance System - http://dissidentvoice.org/2009...
LogEx liked this
"In this context, the whistleblowing web site Wikileaks published a remarkable document October 4 by the INDECT Consortium, the Intelligence Information System Supporting Observation, Searching and Detection for Security of Citizens in Urban Environment. Hardly a catchy acronym, but simply put INDECT is working to put a human face on the billions of emails, text messages, tweets and blog posts that transit cyberspace every day; perhaps your face. According to Wikileaks, INDECT’s “Work package 4″ is designed “to comb web blogs, chat sites, news reports, and social-networking sites in order to build up automatic dossiers on individuals, organizations and their relationships.” Ponder that phrase again: “automatic dossiers.”"
- Sean McBride
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Red flagged if you visit foxnews.com or belong to the Chamber of Commerce.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
Good digging around @marcoarment! Did you guys see this about the 27" iMac? http://www.marco.org/222434049 (via @CaliLewis)
I've also heard they have HDMI input
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
'Reform' Is Just a Word at the U.N., Its Investigation Shows
FOXNews.com October 8, 2009 11:25 AM by foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 'Reform' Is Just a Word at the U.N., Its Investigation Shows A lengthy study this year by U.N. investigators of a five-year effort to streamline and coordinate the performance of a $778 million U.N. bureaucracy concludes that the reform effort has been a near-total failure.
- Robert Hafer
from email
And the ankles of fashion-forward women across the world spontaneously broke in unison (shorter version: aww hell no) http://picocool.com/fashion...
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wtf?!
- Amy
They look like hooves. Weird.
- Jennifer Dittrich
You too can look like Mr Tumnus!
- Amy
im sorry that's not attractive ! lol
- Fee501st
That in no way, shape, or form looks comfortable.
- Jerry Perez
Shoe designer, another jobs I could of had instead of working for a living.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
That designer must have been a fan of Bubblegum Crisis.
- Carlos Urrutia
from Android
LMAO
- Yolanda
Fierce.
- Veronica
Oh. Oh dear...
- Andru Edwards
Those are beyond ugly....let alone just plain stupid!
- Bonnie Foster
They *want* those to look like crab legs? That's *fashion*? Oy veh.
- Dave Friedel
Nat Friedman: Pencils for kids - http://nat.org/blog...
Lovely story, but a scary thing to imagine a country as rich as the US cannot put art materials, pencils and calculators in every classroom
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
that (basic school things available even in remote villages) had been in Soviet Union but you will say I suggest to come back to socialism/communism/etc so I stop at this line.
- A.T.
Never was a problem in Switzerland - some things (which everyone would need most of the time) we were expected to buy, but many many things were just available at school. In the US it seems typically the teacher pay for things out of their own salary, say for the students who cannot afford it. Weirdly archaic
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
maybe it's just different attitudes towards schools. can you imagine a daily painting class, up until high school? and remembering about 200 names of colours? that's what Japanese have.
- 9000
Yeah, public schools in the US are pretty fucked up.
- Itachi
And yet, schools can agord cell phones for the janitors.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
Do you like playing games in split screen mode and why do you think less and less games have the split screen option?
Roberto Bonini, Iván Abrego, Spencer and 3 other people liked this
Is it just that online multi-player is growing? Would you like to see split screen regardless? What games are good to play split screen?
- Kol Tregaskes
Nobody plays games together in person anymore
- Rodfather
Split scree=co-op. And most of the time, you are playing online, or solo, as there are fewer and fewer co-op mode games available.
- Justin Whitaker
when you have friends over, why not? sports games don't use split screen though.
- Alfredo
we do at home, but i'm on the couch with my laptop and she is at the desk with her PC :) Console games are better as a spectator event IMO
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
I do at home, with four of my friends it is so much fun. I wish more games had this.
- Faraz Mullick
Just two screens is fine, but can't play with 3 other screens going at the same time.
- Spencer
I remember playing Lotus Turbo Esprit Challenge on the Amiga in split second with my friend many, many, many times. Amazing game! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Ah the good old Amiga. I hate split-screen myself though. I just find it distracting.
- Eoghann Irving
I find it distracting too, it is still fun though.
- Remo
Online multi-player games get better reviews.
- Robert Hafer
from iPhone
splitscreen only works with beamers...true story
- Chris Hofmann
I had a game of Call of Duty with my brother today, why doesn't the split screen there take up the whole screen? Really annoying.
- Kol Tregaskes
split screen playing is good when playing on 30+ inch screen. otherwise sucks. PS3+Reisdent Evil is very satisfying in splitscreen mode
- Mehmet Fatih YILDIZ
Support for Abortion Rights Declines Under Obama - Political News - FOXNews.com
Man threatens to shoot iPhone at Genius bar
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) October 2, 2009 1:00 PM by Dave Caolo Man threatens to shoot iPhone at Genius bar Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Retail, Odds and ends Even morons buy Apple products. There's a story on ifoAppleStore today about one Mr. Donald Goodrich, who was having trouble with his iPhone. As many customers have done, Mr. Goodrich brought his iPhone to his local Genius Bar in Cincinnati, OH. While talking with an Apple Store employee, he allegedly said, "I'm so mad, I could pop a 9mm at it," meaning the iPhone. According to police, he then said, "I'll do it right now! Look!" and pulled his shirt aside to show the employee the handgun he was carrying. While that employee escorted him to the Genius Bar (clearly not the right place for Mr. Goodrich), another called police who quickly arrived and arrested him. We should note that Mr. Goodrich did have a permit to carry a concealed weapon and was cooperative with his arresting officer. We should also note that...
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- Robert Hafer
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