+1 for Craig's Comment. Most insightful thing I've read all day.
- Roberto Bonini
Seconded. I used to frequent digg a lot. Now, I cant rem. last time I visited. Rather check out links posted here.
- Rob
It's all about the community. Having been a fan of Fark for years, I've seen my share of firestarters, but rarely the sophomoric grade of morans found on Digg.
- Shawn Poulson
i did it in college once also for charity.
- MG Siegler
I shave my head every two weeks. In fact I shaved it today. What's the big deal?
- Jason Toney
Bah, you have short hair anyways! SHAVE IT! :-P
- Matthew Horton
gotta do it! hair grows back, and an awesome idea can't stop at the first person
- Donny Warbritton
Dude...you've been double-dog-dared. Do it, then call out DVORAK!
- Jim
Talking about calling someone out! - Flip it, donate double his call out and pay some to shave their head, so the game can continue!
- Brad Parler
come on! it's just hair, it will grow back!!!
- Chris Jones
from twhirl
you're asking us? where are your walnuts?
- sean808080
from twhirl
Yes! You do have great hair and that's all a better reason to shave it off. I'll donate to your charity if you do it. This is some quality entertainment!
- Rachel Rubin
Lol talk about pressure. Ouch! Just give the money to charity yourself bro - keep the hair...
- Calvin Robinson
from twhirl
DONT DO THE HAIR, just give the money. lol Maybe give double so you DONT have to shave it. lol
- Leslie Poston
You need to do it since others will do it simply because you have done it. Think of the charities that'll benefit and remember it'll grow back :) Oh ps. your lady friend will dig you doing it for a noble cause
- Greg Rosen
from twhirl
Do it Kevin! Don't let things come to a screaming halt this early! Then call out Laporte!!! Leo your time is coming!!! LOL!
- Robert Couture
from twhirl
You're screwed. You better do it...at least it grows back...well it does at your age ha!
- Francis P Bonnemere
Do it Kevin!! It will grow back - Then yeah, call out Laporte or better yet - Dvorak!!!
- Les Zaldor
Do it. I need more blog fodder. LOL. P.S. Don't call me.
- Todd Jordan
I doubt that this thing will catch on... I'd be much more impressed if, I don't know, maybe if it was a contest with a prize from Gary, and that to be part of it you need to chip in in order to gather a big amount of money for a charity, skipping all that hair stuff. Or maybe to spread awareness about sites like Kiva.org, and get people involved. Kevin and Gary both have a lot of power in their hands, but I think there are more efficient ways than this hair thing. Best of luck though guys! Hope this works.
- Vincent X
It's like a reality game show: video double dog dare, pressure from the audience, and if you don't do it you should get voted off. Besides, it's for charity, so there's no harm.
- Pete Delucchi
do it and have Alex or Leo be next. Patrick would be too easy his hair is too close
- Todd Proffitt
Here's an idea - instead of shaving your head, amend it to say that if you don't shave your head, you double the amount donated
- Clay Levering
This is a great idea, but man I feel for you! How about everyone that comments here sends $5 as well?
- Rob
I super-like this. It's quite amazing to see that large mass of people in front of Barack Obama.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Reuters is reporting 200k came to the speech.
- Rex Hammock
from twhirl
@Ranjit, sorry, but that was a rather stupid comment, +1 to what Michael said
- Gina Häußge
if @Ranjit's point is that it's great to see how far humankind has come in terms of racial/ethnic equality, then I agree. But regardless, kind of an insensitive way to put it.
- graham mudd
I don't care what anyone says. Both McCain and Bush have to be wicked envious.
- AJ Kohn
Have you seen the original size? Almost everyone has a camera! Whoa!
- AJ Batac
Hitler identified with the Germanic people, Stalin identified with the Russian people. to me all such definitions are kind of stupid, what with us being 5% removed from the chimpanzee. but such people have always tried to establish boundaries and a monolithic identity within such boundaries. a picture/event like this puts a lie to such separations. i wish people, like Hitler, could see how far the future is from the "truth" they saw
- Ranjit Mathoda
graham, i don't think people have come that far in terms of racial/ethnic equality if they are still defining separate races/ethnic groups. i do think we are happy being mostly nicer to people of "other" groups, but that's not quite the same. check out an online dating site and see how many people prefer to date people of a particular group.
- Ranjit Mathoda
Throughout the speech there are jabs at the Germans. I'm surprised they were still clapping when he mentioned "Never Again!".... in Darfur.
- Sam Pullara
Amazing. looking at it in larger view, and THEN in original view. The reduced views don't cut it at all.
- Susan A. Kitchens
Susan is right. Amazing photo and love all the digital cameras.
- Robert Scoble
great photo, and EVERYONE was taking a picture of Obama.
- Baard @ Pixum
The laptop guy is amazing! Great picture. Funny to see most people looking at the screens of their camera's and not straight at the stage
- Peter van Teeseling
it would be really cool if those 100000 + people uploaded their photos into Photosynth :)
- Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)
I would like to think that these politicians feel humble when they stand before a sea of humanity. I hope they remember that they are supposed to be working for our greater good. I can't imagine standing where he's standing.
- Yolanda
Absolutely! A Photosynth database of that event would be awesome!
- Soulhuntre
from twhirl
@Shawn: If all of us Americans had speechwriters like Obama, we could make it look like we were as passionate about our global image as he does ;-)
- Kirk Kittell
@Rex Hammock: Yeppers, i was there and the officials said, that about 250.000 people were there. It was really a very awesome event, hey - 250.000 people came to the Berliner Siegessäule and Barack Obama isn't even yet the next president :-). Don't know what happens after the elections ;-)
- Ronald
Man, the brush-lipped Fuhrer is finally gone...this is a sign.
- Kamath (नमः)
It's just so sad. People really want to believe. But Politics is just a dirty game. There's probably no genuine saviour out there.
- john conroy
It was more like people were awaiting a 'rock star' ;-)
- Ronald
Ouch. It's humiliating to be described as "servile" if you still feel some affection for Twitter, but I suppose declarations like this might help point up to the Twitter team how serious the disaffection is becoming. You get tired of subsistence living over time.
- Amyloo
I am headed that way, need to get more people over here though
- James Avery
Is there a way to find all my friends on twitter who are also on friendfeed?
- Hal
There is a Twitter friend importer somewhere
- Joel Ross
from twhirl
http://internetducttape.com/2008... - but it's kinda slow and uses the Google Social Graph. I would be willing to bet that most people use the same username here as they do at Twitter.
- Patrick Veverka
That's exactly what I've been doing for a while - gave up on Twitter several weeks ago.
- Brandon Wood
FF just needs a better UI. Something about it just bugs me. Not sure why though, I never actually go to the site.
- Ryan Farley
from twhirl
Besides, the exodus to FF will only work if everyone goes (at least everyone in your network). Not sure that will happen.
- Ryan Farley
from twhirl