Depends on what type of games you're talking about. I think there's a lot more value in complex tabletop games and games like chess than in dumb Flash games online or whatever. - Rochelle
I have pretty much abandoned gaming in favor of social media. I was a several-hours-a-day PC gamer for 10+ years. I like to think that SM has more possibility of a return on my time investment than WoW did. - Daniel J. Pritchett
I sure hope not. I was really sucked into Sims 2 for a couple years. Now I play a few times a week. Mostly to design houses. :) But, I'm still a sucker for 'casual games' like Diner Dash, etc (bigfishgames.com). I get lost in trying to beat the damn things. - Yolanda
Games recharge my brain and leave me refreshed to think about other things, a lot like a good walk. - Jennifer Dittrich
No. Games can improve mental and physical dexterity, mental acuteness, memory, etc. There have been studies done. And *applauds* Alex's answer. - JMakesAwesomeSauce
Games are a release from the horrible world outside. They can bring joy and relaxation and bring down your stress life. They are a great interactive entertainment media. How is that a waste of time? ;-) Waste away I'd say. :-D - Kol Tregaskes
"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted." - Bertrand Russell -- Sometimes it's wasting time, just like movies and reading, sometimes it's useful. It does have benefits for hand-eye coordination, problem solving skills, teamwork, tactics, reflex improvement, vocabulary, cash management, etc. - xero
I don't know... is maintaining sanity a waste of time? - Michael W. May
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Really, I don't think that matters so much. What's important for our health is to intentionally indulge in completely frivolous "waste of time" activities on a regular basis. Playing games, feeding ducks in the park, blowing bubbles, coloring with crayons. If it feeds your spirit, do it, no matter who says it's a waste of time! - Heather Sillypants Mina
Everything is a waste of time, then you get put in the recycle bin. Use your time the way you want to. - Sam Levine
No more a waste of time then being on FriendFeed. I can gain social interaction using both and at the same time be happy that I took something away from each. (No matter how trivial, it's still a small sense of accomplishment and fun.) - David Cook
Thanks for participating guys. Appreciate it! :) - AJ Batac ♘
I'll come back and answer once I finish Missile Command - Glen Awesomesauce
It has been argued that humans are "homo ludens" more than they are sapient. That said, I personally find that they can easily become a time tax, and tend to avoid them, preferring to spend that time on more solidly creative activity. - david beckwith
One way is find people whose work you find interesting and look at their favourites. What I do is to spend about 15 minutes every few days just looking at the recently uploaded thumbnails. I find I click on about one every four of five pages and one in every two or three of these are really interesting pictures and one in every four or five are taken by a photographer with an interesting body of work. - John Wilson
I think Flickr needs to do a Friendfeed, e.g. use the Flickr usage data of me and my friends to give me personalised recommendations based on the photos I mark as favorite or comment on. - roel
I set up lists on FF by type of photographer. So far I've got 4 lists. General favorite Flickr photographers, SF photographers, neon photographers, graffiti photographers, but I'm just getting started. I find seeing what these people are faving is far better than Flickr's algorithm. - Thomas Hawk
I agree that Flickr should work on its contacts and favorites features - they could learn a lot from FF with favorites, especially. I've also been very struck lately with how outdated Flickr's groups and comments features are. Why can't I "fave" or "bookmark" (or "like") a group thread or comment, and then view my contacts' favorite comments and threads? Clearly, to me, the social aspect of Flickr is what separates it from competitors, but it could certainly be improved. - TreJack
Checking what my favorite photographers are "favoriting" always leads me to interesting photos - João Almeida
@ashraf comments:"I dont see any problem in that. Privacy is overrated actually. It would not be a problem for FB to show your friends what you are looking for, unless you are searching for porno :D" - Alexander van Elsas
my response:"@Ashraf Facebook knows about you, your interests (political, sexual, religion etc. etc), your relationships with others (including their interests), the things you buy, see, go to, search. Once you join Facebook, your soul is theirs. There are numerous examples in history of mankind where that kind of information has lead to terrible misuse. Why is that problem overrated? Privacy is too important to be handled by these companies." - Alexander van Elsas
well, i personally don't mind facebook keeping a track record of my actions, but i surely would mind them sharing it with my friends without asking me 3 times: "are-you-really-really-we-mean-really-sure-you-want-us-to-share-it" =) - Kirill Bolgarov
seriously, i believe that the more the information service provider knows about me, the better value they can provide me with - Kirill Bolgarov
@kirill. Wht if Facebook knows what religion or political views you have. What if your own government forces Facebook to provide them profile data on users. What if Facebook knows things about a relationship between you and a friend, between you and family member. I can think of tons of things I don't want anyone to know about me. Not because I'm hiding things that are illegal. But because they are MY business. I want to be in control of my own privacy. - Alexander van Elsas
@Kirill. Make this physical for a moment. Would you mind that some company installs web cams in your house, monitors your phone calls, e-mail, conversations you have in the house or at a bar with friends, so that they can provide you better service? I bet you would mind it there? So why is it different on-line? - Alexander van Elsas
According to the guy's post, yes. Unless I'm reading it wrong: "After some searching on the Dell forums I found two files that enabled the disabled Broadcom wireless adaptor and audio chipset" - http://uneasysilence.com/archi... - Josh Bancroft
And "
With the modified KTEXTS in the archive the WiFi works. The ethernet worked out of the box…. I had a bad cable, WHOOPS!
Boot time is 24 seconds, the install is 7GB." - http://uneasysilence.com/archi... - Josh Bancroft
Yes, I think this must be what we aspire to... the "Intelligent Web". Or at least one that adapts TO us, rather than forcing US to adapt to IT. - Chris Messina
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Keeping track of your carbon footprint could become as simple as slipping a mobile phone in your pocket: a London-based start-up company.... - Roger Kondrat
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“If you're coming to my FriendFeed feed because I'm on Scoble's list, I delegate my vote to Chris Sacca's twitter feed at http://twitter.com/sacca . His tweets are more entertaining than mine. :)”
"For now I’ll leave you with a special tribute the Glubble team has made for Ian Hayward. Ian has been the driving force behind Glubble and it was him that once started the journey that got us here today. Glubble for Families is now used in 125 countries around the world!" Congrats Alexander! - Erhan "peanut" Erdogan
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New Photo Meme: what is between YOUR legs! These photos are of Teresa Williamson, blogger (founder) at http://www.tangodiva.com -- a site for women who travel around the world. She showed me that she had photos of all these famous sites between her legs tonight and I said "oh, I bet FriendFeed will go nuts for these." So, here they are. Visit her blog and see if you can pick out all the different sites she has between her legs. Oh, and I'll have a fun one up in a few minutes. - Robert Scoble
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Oh! Snap! Did you guys notice there was like...landmarks and crap in the backgrounds of these pics? - Rah™
Those legs are all Teresa's. She gets around the world and puts interesting things between her legs. How about you? Show us what's between YOUR legs! :-) - Robert Scoble
very interesting idea! LOL that's sure one way to get guys to visit your blog!! - Susan Beebe
Susan: this was partly my idea and partly Francine Hardaway's. We couldn't believe she hadn't shared them online before now. By the way, Teresa lives just a few doors down from me. Really great person and I'm jealous of her. She's traveled about 200x more than I have. - Robert Scoble
oh, and notice that she's holding a contest to see if you can name all the things between her legs! - Robert Scoble
I want to see who's going to post the first dirty answer, lol - Outsanity
heh cool idea. also see through! woot! - sean percival
Robert - cool idea, seriously a great eye catcher! Travel is something I do NOT do...must get out more (too geeky i guess sitting here at my laptop 24/7) - Susan Beebe
Hehe, only thing is about the 'contest'... ah I shouldn't say that, it kills the concept a bit. I wanted a signed copy of her book though so I'll do it nicely ;p Would love the lunch, just a bit too far lol - Zu aka ElijahBailey
Oh.. 3 comments already... :-(~ the images names were a bit of a giveaway but the idea was extre'meme'ly good! - Zu aka ElijahBailey
Almost got hysterical when @scobleizer decided to get between Theresa's legs with a cigar, because I grew up in the Freudian era when that was a symbol...I guess not anymore, huh? But Theresa's photo meme was so cool that it livened up an already lively evening. - Francine Hardaway
"In this concise and lucid book, Daniel J. Solove offers a comprehensive overview of the difficulties involved in discussions of privacy and ultimately provides a provocative resolution. He argues that no single definition can be workable, but rather that there are multiple forms of privacy, related to one another by family resemblances. His theory bridges cultural differences and addresses historical changes in views on privacy. Drawing on a broad array of interdisciplinary sources, Solove sets forth a framework for understanding privacy that provides clear, practical guidance for engaging with relevant issues.
Understanding Privacy will be an essential introduction to long-standing debates and an invaluable resource for crafting laws and policies about surveillance, data mining, identity theft, state involvement in reproductive and marital decisions, and other pressing contemporary matters concerning privacy." - Chris Messina
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