Ross Miller

That emotigram is on the Tables ribbon. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

I agree. The ribbon is such a huge step backwards. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Yep, customize toolbar is your friend. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Wordperfect ftw once again. - Friar Will

Cristo, "Office" is a collection of crap programs often used for glorified note taking that are forced upon innocent employees by "the man". Except for excel. Excel is a calculator. I love calculators. - Ross Miller

^--- Bingo. Excel is one of MSFT's few saving graces. - Tinfoil 2.0

I gave up on searching for stuff on the ribbon. I just web search for it -- Word 2007 feature name -- and invariably there will be multiple threads with exactly that question (and answer). - Betsy #TeamMonique

Switching to 2010 somehow helped me - Peter Fedin

Oh, look...free, open source...and no ribbon! http://www.libreoffice.org - April Russo

Heh, April wins. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yay for babies and weddings! - Ross Miller

Boo for sideways accelerometers, lol! - Ross Miller

i wanna move back to NZ! - Joe Silence

The pope is like a prime minister for bishops: his first duty is to be the bishop of Rome, but the Roman bishopric is considered first among all the dioceses and has certain responsibilities, including ordaining other bishops and canonizing saints. He doesn't decide or change policy (the Magisterium of the Church, basically the authority of the Church as a whole, does that), but he's... more... - Mark Trapp

Being effectively the smartest guy in the room, what the pope says is considered infallible but only when he speaks ex cathedra (latin for "from the chair"): it has to be about a matter of doctrine, it cannot contradict the teachings of the Magisterium, it must be a clearly-defined statement, and he has to do it in his capacity as the head of the Church (he can't, say, infallibly... more... - Mark Trapp

how have I never heard of the Magesterium before?? How does he get the job? - RudĩϐЯaЯïan from YouFeed

Let me put it this way: I absolutely don't want the ubiquitous surveillance that would result from the masses (and therefore their 3rd-party service providers (and therefore governments)) capturing everything they see. - Tinfoil 2.0

Neither really but if forced, glasses over watch. - ronin

I'll pass. - Jim #TeamMonique

@Tinfoil - ubiquitous surveillance would at least come with ubiquitous wireless with effectively unlimited bandwidth caps. (or, conversely, the limits on bandwidth will hold back ubiquitous surveillance for some time.) - Andrew C (✓)

Wrist - Johnny from iPhone

nadgers - Joe Silence

Glass looks really interesting. Not sure which situations I would be wearing it though. - Rodfather

I think Glass would be a smartphone that's more accessible. The camera's pointed where I'm looking, the display is already in front of my eye instead of having to unlock my phone... - Andrew C (✓)

Seems a bit like asking if a trained human boxer could survive a fist fight with a great white shark. Both the bear and the shark use their teeth as their primary weapon, though the bear also uses it's claws to do the initial damage. If the bear is deprived of using these primary weapons in its arsenal, it can't defend itself in the ways which its evolutionary path intended. Given that,... more... - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

I'm rooting on the bear full-heartedly in this scenario. I hope he wins the match, ditches the gloves and muzzle and gets a piece of the organizer and perhaps a few folks from the crowd if there's time. - SAM

Ooh! - Amit Patel

.. and you know someone is going to go buy all 60 of this guy's dinos for $12 a pop, too... I really need to start upcycling my old toys on ETSY! - Ross Miller

I LOL'd. - Kelli H.

Is it false? - Johnny from iPhone

Does it matter? - Ross Miller

Yes - Johnny from iPhone

Explain - Ross Miller

"Talk shit" implies making false claims. If the claims Bing are making are true, then it matters a great deal. - Johnny from iPhone

I was actually referring to the Scroogled play on words... why not explain how Microsoft's offerings or practices are better? - Ross Miller

In that case, that's clever marketing. - Johnny from iPhone

Almost as clever as Microshaft... - Ross Miller

It's an ad. You need something to catch the eye. A hook. Basic Advertising 101. You can only explain once you have their attention. Look at any AdWords ad and you'll see this - Johnny from iPhone

Definitely, bro. - Ross Miller

Unfortunately, the ideological world view that companies should only advertising by explaing how their service is superior and never make a negative reference to it's competitors isn't backed up by centuries of advertising (and politics) evidence into what humans actually respond too. It's nice to wish for peace and love but when your job is to get eyeballs, you chase the eyeballs in the way you know works - Johnny from iPhone

I would LOVE to talk smack about some of our competitors but I have to be 100% truthful :( - Johnny from iPhone

Look, don't get me wrong, it catches eyes and gets clicks, it just also shows that you're desperate and can't advertise effectively without trying to slander your competitors. Apple is guilty of the same thing with their mac vs pc ads. Totally unjustified even though they make some pretty spot on observations... It may work... I just don't like it. - Ross Miller

The mac vs pc ads got me to buy a pc instead of a mac … - Amit Patel

The horse-sized duck would /murder/ you. A regular size goose or swan can probably break bones (according to a discussion on Snopes, http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin... ); just think what a horse-sized duck could do. - Andrew C (✓)

I'd only try to ride the uber duck after I had tamed it, obviously! My flying-amphibious-waddling friend would be the ultimate mode of transportation! - Ross Miller

I wonder what the uber duck would taste like ... - Mo Kargas

Depends. What's my superpower? - Rochelle

Rochelle, I present you with the choice between the ability to pause time or moon walking better than MJ. Choose wisely. - Ross Miller

Pause time, prepare to slay a duck-sized horse, unpause time, slay it. Repeat 99 more times. - Rochelle

Brutal! - Ross Miller

Kill a duck-sized horse? They'd sell like hotcakes. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

I just ignore those warnings :) - Georgia

You can cut cable and internet. hehe :) - imabonehead

Does anyone here have a new windows phone and windows 8? Do they do any neat tricks? - Ross Miller

I feel like w8 phones are like unicorns... Lots of stories about them but you never see one... - Ross Miller

Everything. I use mine for staying connected to the world without the focus of attention a laptop commands, or the tiny-screen attention a phone requires. It's an excellent casual computing/communication device. It's also a great Netflix Instant box, music player, and ebook reader. - Kevin Fox

It's an iPad, but smaller. - Rodfather

Makes for a better e-reader than the iPad - easier to read in bed without arm fatigue. - WebGoddess