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FriendFeed did WHAT?! - http://pikchur.com/t30
Zu from AOD, Ahmet Yükseltürk, John Jarvis and 176 other people liked this
A picture is worth a thousand words and this is no exception. Well "said" Rah.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
About the only laugh I've had today. Thanks Rah! I needed that.
- Brian Daniel Eisenberg
this picture rocks
- Violet Mae Lim
Amen.
- Yolanda
++ Rasheen.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Totally excellent!
- Warren Butler
lol, I know right
- Wayne Sutton
The iconic Rahsheen face. Good for a number of occasions.
- Hutch Carpenter
Yes...definitely applies for various occasions :)
- Rah-PM 2012
That's the face :)
- Micah
Hahaha
- Rodfather
that picture kills me LOL! :D
- Susan Beebe
from BuddyFeed
What's weird is he's wearing a shirt!
- anna sauce
lollllllllllllllllllllll
- ☆ Mellyboo ☆
If RahRah is wearing a shirt, hell must be freezing over!
- imabonehead
Rah needs to do a video like I did.
- Outsanity
best avatar eva!!!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Love that expression man :D
- Praveen Vasudev
ahahahah :D
- Sinan İŞLER
ahaha excellent expression!
- Jacque
*bump* This is so perfect.
- Andrew Smith
hey man this is really perfect =)
- Ahmet UZUN
Retitled: 2 Social Networks and a cup, reax
- Christopher Galtenberg
from iPhone
I gave this a "like" yesterday, but every time I scroll past it I have to laugh all over again! Great shot!
- Mark J
Love it! Great face!!
- Mitchell Tsai
Jejeje
- Stalyn☂
They took the 50 mil and went to San Mateo without us.....
- Roberto Bonini
from iPhone
...but I LOVE this pic!!!!
- WoH: Minding her Steves
Seriously - it makes me LOL everytime I see it!
- WoH: Minding her Steves
lets remember it, what did happen that day :)
- alperyz
*sigh*
- Joe The Sausage
WIN
- Roberto Bonini
Wait, what? LOL
- Rah-PM 2012
Will still be a classic remembered 500 years from now.
- Micah
yep. :)
- Abhishek
Sleeping Baby - http://timeforasmile.com/wp-cont...
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پوریا (پوپو) پوریا, Aliakbar Yazdi, Roozbeh ✌ and 28 other people liked this
من در هنگام برگشت از سركار و پاي كامپيوتر اين شكلي هستم
- mhmazidi
دکتر چه بامزه هستي شما:D
- Invisible-Kid
دکتر پس تو چه نازی . موش بخورت . این دکترم چقد خودشو دوست داره
- mahdi
Gives a whole new meaning to Sweet-dreams!
- Selma
کودک بمان
- Mr.Boof
آخییییی این چقدر کیوته ( فارسیش چی میشه؟ : بازم اسمایلی غرب زدگیم اوت کرده ) : دی
- انجل
دکتر مزیدی تحت تعقیب است! (پلیس قزوین!) =))
- Pazh
هیچ دقت کردی داش امین! همه ی کامنتهارو دو تایی گرفتیم دستمون! داری جولون میدیم! :))
- Pazh
بعضی جاهاش هم زرد شده ها! صداشو در نیار! جماعت فکر میکنن کم کاری کردیم! =))))
- Pazh
دقیقا الان اینو خوب اومدی پژ انگار هیچ کس بیکار تر از شما دوتا نیست امشب : دی
- انجل
تنهاترین@ شما لطف دارین! :))
- Pazh
شیفت شب بچه نگداشتنه؟
- peiman
منظورم این بود که الان در شیفت شب به سر می بری و باید از بچه نگهداری کنی؟ / یه ه جا افتاده بود
- peiman
خوشگله ناز خوابیده
- حسین هاشمی
اینو الان کی شخم زد اونوقت؟؟؟؟؟؟؟
- انجل
به امین : داداش از پنجره پرتش کن پایین / من حال و حوصله بچه ندارم / این عکسم نتیجه یه توهم فانتزی بود :دی
- peiman
به تنهاترین و امین : نه خدایی / من دیدم صفحه اوله فکر کردم امین کامنت گذاشته
- peiman
این عشقه. دوباره دلم بچه خواست lol
- sepideh
امین کار خودت بوده اعتراف کن : دی
- انجل
این هم شخم بست اف دی :))
- peiman
The VLC Media Player – Does it Really Play Everything? - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag...
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I love this media player. I have had this on my machines just in case WMP couldn't handle something (which is often).
- Bryan R. Adams
vlc is awesome
- Anthony Farrior
It's redonkulously cold here. Just warmed up to 40 but I am not used to this ...
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BUSTED: Wall Street Journal Catches Facebook, Zynga Giving Your Info To Advertisers - http://www.businessinsider.com/faceboo...
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Gillmor Gang, Live Recording Session at 1pm PT. Participate at http://www.building43.com/realtim...
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I'm waiting for the call. I'm broadcasting from the Bing mapping team's building in Boulder, CO.
- Robert Scoble
Today Bret Taylor, CTO at Facebook, should be on the call.
- Robert Scoble
Yes! 8)
- Zu from AOD
Interesting that I'm sitting about 20 feet from a new secret camera that Microsoft is using in the war with Google. Interesting technologists here in Boulder, CO, who are doing all sorts of cool things with maps.
- Robert Scoble
They also designed the aerial camera for the planes. They are going to do something never done before: shoot the entire USA in 18 months. Previously it took 10 years.
- Robert Scoble
In the secret camera that goes on cars they are including new high res cameras, and they use lasers and lidar (I don't know if I spelled that right) to make a 3D image of the street as they go down. Really cool tech. I wish I could show it to you but they don't want to give Google any ideas for how to improve their cameras.
- Robert Scoble
Sorry for the delay, Steve is trying to get everyone on.
- Robert Scoble
Bret Taylor might not be able to join us today.
- Robert Scoble
Is it possible to watch the live video feed on an iPhone or iPad?
- Jean-François Devos
from iPhone
Anyway, the team at Microsoft that I'm meeting with is also the team that developed its data center tech, and lots of processing tech.
- Robert Scoble
Jean: do you have the Ustream.tv iPhone app? It might be there, not sure. That app really sucks.
- Robert Scoble
Wow, HP's CEO just resigned over sexual harrassment accusations.
- Robert Scoble
So says Business Insider.
- Robert Scoble
Bret Taylor is joining us. One minute away.
- Robert Scoble
Yes but I could not find it in the Ustream viewer app.
- Jean-François Devos
from iPhone
Yeah, Bret's on, I'm teased and is listening bits from the office, won't be for the whole duration for now though.
- Zu from AOD
Yep, I agree, FF's successful in its technological POV, and not for the userbase, which makes it last with the years.
- Zu from AOD
The way the feed works on FB is interesting as the bumps are 'somewhat' static, and like how the new posts are coming out with the latest iterations. Yep, foursquare integration with FB had slowed down the need for a 'fb-location' feature.
- Zu from AOD
lol @Scoble screwing his social graph. Yeah, the mobile interface has support for Friend Lists. Props @Bret for understanding the 'daily user' vs. the 'social obligation user' which is rarely connected. I think there's already elements that's keeps the last user you interacted with in reverse chrono order. Just pages are over that..
- Zu from AOD
@Scoble - you going to talk about the new Twitter User Stream changes? for me this has made Twitter a whole new site again
- Nick Halstead
@scoble - specifically TweetDeck / Echofon support - I could never go back now that I am using it
- Nick Halstead
Nick: agreed. Although I don't have time to talk about that today.
- Robert Scoble
For French-Canadians, there's a FriendFeedization of the users, which was nonexistent before FB's likes, and is getting a lot more traction for the past 6 months for it's "static news feed + notifications" model.
- Zu from AOD
Excuse me Bret - unique? ever heard of the Retweet Button?
- Nick Halstead
We have been collecting the explicit liking of items + RDF data from those actions for 1 and half years.
- Nick Halstead
Caught end of the show but always great to see Bret on the show!
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Pictures: Huge Solar Storm Triggers Unusual Auroras - http://news.nationalgeographic.co.uk/news...
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Eivind, Nathalie, Joe The Sausage and 6 other people liked this
Love.
- Brent
Good grief Twitter. You can't even handle the aftermath of a little soccer game?
Tyson Key and Anthony Farrior liked this
I'm watching "New York, I Love You." Natalie Portman's character says she has to shave her hair for the rest of her life. What Jewish tradition is that? I never heard of this til watching this movie now.
ems, Fossil Huntress, Steven Perez and 10 other people liked this
It's an extreme (and rule-lawyering) application of the rule (generally ignored entirely by most Jews) that a woman's hair should be concealed for modesty reasons. It's also one of those conspicuous forms of observing a rule that is really meant to show off how much money you can spend to be more-observant-than-thou.
- Michael R. Bernstein
You might find this interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/1997...
- Michael R. Bernstein
Thanks Michael. Do the women wear wigs for the rest of their lives? Heading to the link now :)
- Shevonne
Just finished reading it. I never knew a wig could cost up to $4000. Wow, thanks again, Michael. I learned something new today.
- Shevonne
wigs are SO expensive. The one and only I have is about $600 and I only wore it for a month before I couldn't bear how hot I was under it.
- Mary Carmen
I guess it makes sense if extensions cost about $200, and those are just sections of hair. One of my favorite parts of the article is that the women ask "Where did you get your shoes, dress and wig?"
- Shevonne
BTW, note that I am a completely non-observant Jew. I am sure 'better' Jews than me have entirely valid-to-them reasons why this sort of thing makes sense, along with having two entirely separate kitchens each complete with its own refrigerator and dishwasher to make *sure* that meat and dairy never touch each other.
- Michael R. Bernstein
I hope they respond because I don't understand why they would shave their head for modesty but then pay up to $4000 for a wig. It doesn't seem very modest to me.
- Shevonne
Yeah, maybe I'm a religious bigot but this just seems kinda stupid. If they're trying to make it so "No one could even tell I got married," what is the freaking point of following the rule?
- Lo the Baker
to go to heaven :)
- sofarsoShaw BAZINGA!
The rule is that you must cover your hair. Doesn't say that you can't cover it with something that looks just like your hair. (Or maybe better).
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
As someone who frequently violates the spirit of the law while obeying the letter, I just don't buy that it counts. (but then, that's why I'm not a religious authority I suppose)
- Lo the Baker
Shevonne, note that this meaning of 'modest' is the opposite of 'indecent' rather than 'bragging'. Of course, that meaning doesn't make much sense to me in this context either. It's as if they decided that a rule against baring your skin could be complied with by wearing skintight latex under a tank-top + miniskirt.
- Michael R. Bernstein
that's how they do it in dance and ice skating ;)
- Iphigenie
Well, I always assumed that was for protection from the cold and falls onto the ice, rather than to technically comply with some notion of 'modesty'.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Gizmodo Editor Chen Entitled to a Little First Amendment Respect | Electronic Frontier Foundation - http://www.eff.org/deeplin...
Iván Abrego, Ladyepiphanybug, Jeff (Team マクダジ ) and 10 other people liked this
"In yesterday's post, we asserted that the REACT high tech task force search of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's home and seizure of his computers and other property as part of their investigation of that blog's reporting on the iPhone 4G prototype was almost certainly illegal. That claim caused some to question whether the California shield law and the federal Privacy Protection Act (PPA) apply if the reporter himself is suspected of criminal activity. Both statutory provisions likely apply here, and for good reason. The First Amendment does not excuse illegal activities, but it certainly provides safeguards to ensure that free speech interests are not trampled along the way."
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
"Regarding the PPA, as we said in our original post, "[t]he PPA includes an exception for searches targeting criminal suspects (which Chen may or may not be), but that exception does not apply 'if the offense to which the materials relate consists of the receipt, possession, communication, or withholding of such materials or the information contained therein.'" If Chen's property was...
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- Andrew C (✓)
"The California law is more stark. Penal Code section 1524(g) says sets forth that "no warrants shall issue" for unpublished "notes, outtakes, photographs, tapes or other data of whatever sort" if that information was "obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving or processing of information for communication to the public." There is no statutory exception for cases in which the journalist is the one under investigation."
- Andrew C (✓)
"That is why the First Amendment protects reporters who publish truthful information, even when it was illegally gathered. See, e.g., Bartnicki v. Vopper, 532 U.S. 514, 527-28, 533-35 (2001) [...]; Smith v. Daily Mail Pub. Co., 443 U.S. 97 (1979) [...]. These protections apply even when the reporter has arguably stolen commercial trade secrets or otherwise violated the law. See, e.g., Proctor & Gamble Co. v. Bankers Trust Co., 78 F.3d 219 (6th Cir. 1996) [...]; CBS Inc v. Davis, 510 U.S. 1315 (1994) [...]."
- Andrew C (✓)
"Simply put, while a court may conclude that under particular facts and circumstances that a reporter must divulge sources or unpublished materials, or that he is liable for his misdeeds, police may not decide on their own to ignore free speech protections for journalists merely by claiming that the reporter may have committed a crime."
- Andrew C (✓)
This is a really bad case to stake Blogger First Amendment rights on. He payed $5000 for that phone, making him a recipient of stole property. It's telling that the guy shopped that phone around to other Tech bloggers (namely Engadget via NPR) and they all passed on paying for it until Chen.
- Bluesun 2600
It's technically handling stolen goods, since the identity of the phones owner was known and no effort to directly contact that guy (ringing their reception/help desk really doesn't count) made. Even then, the phone should have been handed to the police as per Californian law. First Amendment Rights aren't really the issue in this case.
- alphaxion
OT, but did Engadget pass for ethics, or just cause they didn't want to pay $5K? They ran the first story on the 4th-gen iPhone, a day or two before Giz did.
- Andrew C (✓)
If the EFF's position holds up in court, I can't wait to see all the test balloons where people commit larger and larger crimes to 'get the story' citing shield immunity. If I rob a bank and videotape the act, then write a story about the lax security in banks and upload parts of the video to YouTube, are the police prohibited from executing a warrant to get the rest of the tape?
- Kevin Fox
His problem is not that he reported on the phone it's that he payed for it.
- Bluesun 2600
The matter is likely irrelevant anyhow. The stolen property case can move forward with enough evidence for a conviction without the evidence seized from his house. There's no shield protecting the seller, and you can bet that he'd testify in exchange for immunity. I wonder which person, seller or buyer, the DA wants to see convicted more. I'm guessing buyer.
- Kevin Fox
From what I've heard once they contacted gizmodo they got it back without much hassle. But the state is who is moving forward on this not apple.
- Bluesun 2600
The EFF's position cited at least four cases -- one from 1979, even -- where shield laws applied to reporters. Why weren't there "test balloons" after those?
- Andrew C (✓)
Apple won't file a civil suit. They probably hope there's a criminal conviction, but they have little to gain from winning a civil suit and a *lot* to lose if they don't win and the Apple rumor sites get more empowered.
- Kevin Fox
don't forget, Apple has had other blogs shut down over leaking their latest produce.
- alphaxion
Didn't Apple /lose/ [at least one of] those suits? Think Secret is gone, but Apple Insider remains.
- Andrew C (✓)
Heh, yeah, one of the cases Apple lost was the one that set the precedent for treating bloggers as journalists. I think the Shield Law question is pretty up in the air. There are a lot of cases where the courts compelled journalists to give up their information anyway.
- Victor Ganata
But with subpoenas, not regular search warrants.
- Andrew C (✓)
I think they're breaking new ground here. At least just by Googling cursorily, I couldn't find any cases where a journalist invoked the Shield Law when he himself was the object of a criminal investigation. We know that at least one judge thinks it doesn't apply in such a case.
- Victor Ganata
Wait a minute: Chen gave the phone back?!? http://friendfeed.com/silas21...
- Steven Perez
Yeah, if he doesn't know that it's stolen property. Once he finds out and gives it back, why the raid?
- Steven Perez
Someone sells you something. You find out afterwards that the item was stolen. You give it back. The police raid. Anyone else see anything wrong with this timeline?
- Steven Perez
Someone buys something that isn't for sale.
- Johnny
But Apple got the stolen property back.
- Steven Perez
What happens to this if the situation was as Brian Hogan claims "he believed the payment was for allowing the site exclusive access to review the phone".
- Brian Sullivan
I'm not arguing whether or not the phone was stolen. I'm saying: why raid the guy's house after he's returned your property?
- Steven Perez
Because buying a item that is stolen/lost without the appropriate attempts to find it's owner is a criminal offence. For the investigation, records of communications and financial transactions would be required as evidence.
- Johnny
Which they could have requested at any time through a lawyer. What, Gizmodo doesn't understand about confidentiality? They don't have lawyers? Instead, they took a hardball approach to shut up a blogger - to make an example.
- Steven Perez
@Blue - And the DA/police must suspect the shield law might apply or they would have started searching the seized computers as soon as they got them back.
- Andrew C (✓)
"Hey, Jason. Would you mind helping us track down this guy who is trafficking stolen goods?"
- Steven Perez
The Delete key
- Johnny
Ok. Guys, before you get too wound up. This Week In Law is doing a special show on this very thing tomorrow. Watch it.
- Roberto Bonini
"Nah, I love having my home raided when I'm not there."
- Steven Perez
So a guy who returns stolen property ***wouldn't*** cooperate with a police investigation? Riiiight.
- Steven Perez
If he was breaking the law?
- Johnny
Whatever, he returned it after he did his damage. It'll be interesting to see where the law falls, but I'm unimpressed with him paying for ill-gotten property and then trying to hide behind laws designed to shield actual journalists (which gizmodo has repeatedly claimed they are not).
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Steven, this goes beyond Apple. This is about trying to prevent a bounty culture emerging throughout Silicon Valley. If you can simply have 'agents' or people shop around prototypes to any guy with a blog and a checkbook, that would shake innovation. Why stop here? Why not sell source code?
- Johnny
Lemme ask that again: A guy ********who receives stolen property and returns it to its rightful owner******* wouldn't cooperate with a police investigation if they asked him for materials related to such?
- Steven Perez
"A guy ********who buys stolen property, a criminal offence, and returns it to its rightful owner******* wouldn't cooperate with a police investigation if they asked him for materials related to such?"
- Johnny
It's the act of pay that is his problem. It's a crime.
- Bluesun 2600
See, that's the problem, Johnny: you have to prove that the man knew aforetime that such was stolen. Burden of proof.
- Steven Perez
And again: not arguing that point. I'm pissed about the subsequent raid.
- Steven Perez
Geez, are you guys listening? THE RAID IS THE POINT.
- Steven Perez
If he had treated this a an informant and not said he payed for it. He would of been better off and had some possible cover. But he admitted that he paid for property that was not the sellers. He's exposed now to legal problems.
- Bluesun 2600
As for the raid, he may well have kept records of the exchange. Voice recordings, receipt for payment, blogging about his involvement. All likely considered evidence, right?
- ωαřмaiden ☆TeamOtto☆
Right, because the thing the editor of a major tech blog needs is a criminal record. I dunno about you guys, but if I spend $5K on something that was turned out be stolen, I'm gonna make damn sure the police know about the guy so that it doesn't happen again. Because this scenario (*knockknock* "Hello, Mr. Chen. My name is Detective Smith and I'd like to talk to you about that stolen property you received.") is a lot more tenable than getting the Elian Gonzalez treatment.
- Steven Perez
And he already cooperated with the investigation by returning the property. The raid was necessary after that?
- Steven Perez
No Apple contacted him and he gave it back to them. Apple had reported it gone to the Police before they had gotten it back. This is separate from Apple now and is in the hands of the Police and the DA.
- Bluesun 2600
So, if it is so certain that Chen is a criminal, why didn't they arrest him when they searched the place?
- Steven Perez
So why didn't the editor, once he talked to the guy about the phone, use his network to contact someone at Apple to find out if this was legit and, you know, ****not stolen property****? Instead, they pay $5k for it, disassemble it and take lots of photos for scoop, the purpose of which was to drive traffic to their site and get ad revenue. And, once they "knew" it was stolen, why not give the guy up to the cops immediately instead of waiting for them to raid Chen's home?
- vicster
I repeat: if you can prove that Chen is a criminal, then why isn't he in jail right now?
- Steven Perez
It's not certain all that's why they are investigating. Sure you could argue that they have gone to far. But Chen, has not helped himself here. He had to do some do diligence to protect himself and he failed leaving himself in this bad situation.
- Bluesun 2600
Just because they haven't arrested him means nothing at this point.
- Bluesun 2600
Really? They have him on video holding the phone. I know this cuz CNN blasted the footage this morning. A judge wouldn't look at this and issue an arrest warrant?
- Steven Perez
And yet, they have him on video holding the phone. At the very least, that's enough for an arrest.
- Steven Perez
"Trust the police. They serve and protect." Yeah, you'll excuse me if I don't join that sentiment.
- Steven Perez
My impression is that the lawyers on all sides are hashing it out and trying to come to an agreement on how to proceed. I'm beginning to think it's likely that no charges will be filed at this point and everything will take place in the civil arena.
- Victor Ganata
Blu: Truly spoken as someone who has never been pulled over for driving in the wrong part of town. I trust the police to follow the law. And when they exceed that mandate, I trust that someone notes any possible overstep.
- Steven Perez
You, too, huh? That's always fun. And by fun, I mean, "My pants are wet now."
- Steven Perez
My "mistrust of the police" comes from hard-earned experience. Besides myself, I've had friends and family get pulled over, arrested or face time because of a "reasonable" suspicion or hunch. Depending on the situation, the treatment meted out was less than professional each time. So my trust of the police is tempered by the fact that sometimes the people granted such powers are not always acting in the best interests of justice. Which is not always synonymous with the law.
- Steven Perez
So I still have a problem with the raid. If the guy is cooperating, then why bust down his door and take his computers?
- Steven Perez
from IM
If the guy is cooperating with you, why bust him up? If you're that DA, why take a chance like that and let everyone know that you're just waiting to bust them if you cooperate? That has a chilling effect on future cases. Who is gonna wanna deal with you then?
- Steven Perez
from IM
Somehow I doubt most DAs are really trying to cultivate the impression that they're friendly to and approachable by potential criminals.
- Victor Ganata
Victor: I would agree with that, insofar as a DA who is known for raiding someone's house after they've returned stolen property probably won't find too many people willing to deal with that person.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Blu: A rapist?!? I'm gonna give you a chance to find a better example, sir.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Let's get serious. 1) If you run a gadget blog that doesn't understand the law regarding prototypes, stolen or lost property etc, then you are a fool. 2) If some dude rocked up and said "Hey, I've got the new iPhone 4", my first question is/should be "Where did you get it?". The answer to which applies to point 1. 3) If I then pay that person $5,000 and take physical possession of the...
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- Johnny
Bank robber, I'll go with. And you guys are still arguing the same thing over and over again. Apple has its property back. If they want to press charges, they can without any additional evidence, since they have the guy on video holding said stolen property. I'm not arguing the man's intelligence or intent. I'm saying that the raid after the fact was unnecessary.
- Steven Perez
from IM
So as long as I give the stolen property back, I shouldn't get charged for my part in the crime?
- Johnny
That's the thing, though. They haven't charged him yet. I really think the lawyers are hashing out a deal, and there won't be any charges. But I bet there will be some civil lawsuits that will be filed in the aftermath.
- Victor Ganata
Am I being obtuse here? THEY HAVE HIM ON VIDEO WITH THE STOLEN PROPERTY. Why is the raid after the fact necessary?
- Steven Perez
from IM
Why?
- Steven Perez
from IM
To prosecute the full case.
- Johnny
So why didn't they arrest him?
- Steven Perez
from IM
OJ? o_O
- Steven Perez
from IM
Because they don't like to arrest people WITHOUT having a tight case. *Sends a case of Law and Order episodes to Steven*
- Johnny
*sends a case of RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY episodes back to Johnny*
- Steven Perez
from IM
If you can't prove HOW he came into posseion of the stolen item, then that is a hole in the case.
- Johnny
Johnny, you just told me that it wasn't possible to legally obtain that iPhone yet. How is irrelevant in that case.
- Steven Perez
from IM
Evidence: Establish who, what, where, when, how and why.
- Johnny
Al of which could have been done with an arrest.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I imagine the threshold for probable cause needed for an arrest warrant is a lot higher than that required for a search warrant.
- Victor Ganata
Really? Over a $500 prototype phone? With no hard evidence, he would walk on bail in a second. You tend to only get to prosecute this stuff once and I'm sure they want to be right. If they arrested him, everyone would freak out. Investigate, build a case, lay charges, criminal proceedings, decision. *puts on glasses accompanied with a whity remark*... *flash to skyline of Miami*
- Johnny
Video. Perp. Phone.
- Steven Perez
Circumstantial evidence.
- Victor Ganata
What, he just found it?
- Steven Perez
Wouldn't it be more direct if they had the e-mail exchange that describes the transaction, rather than having to infer that since he has possession of something that shouldn't be purchasable, he must have stolen it? The cops aren't supposed to be judge and jury, they're just supposed to gather evidence.
- Victor Ganata
That is evidence of him holding the phone. Not where he got it, how, how much he paid for it, when he got it. The events. Any attempts to modify the item. Communications with 3rd parties after they came into possession of it. This has nothing to do with the 1st amendment OR the fact it's Apple. Dude bought a phone that he wasn't suppose to. In a town with a police force who takes that stuff seriously. What do you suggest happens? Should he not get investigated for his role because he returned it?
- Johnny
I imagine prosecuting a criminal case based purely on circumstantial evidence would generally be frowned upon by the courts.
- Victor Ganata
I'm getting tired of saying this, so I'm gonna say it only once more: he returned the property once he found out it was stolen. Ergo, he is someone keen to cooperate with police. They could have requested the info at any time in an attempt to catch the guy selling stolen prototypes. Instead, they raided his house. And they still have not arrested him. This raises questions.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I agree: it raises questions. I don't think we're going to be able to answer them one way or the other with rampant speculation divorced from material evidence. But I think it's a stretch to say that the way this case was run is completely beyond the pale and things like this never happen in other circumstances.
- Victor Ganata
Well, isn't he a swell chum... Except he lawyered up... LONG before he 'knew it was stolen'. He knew he was on shaky ground and could be involved in a criminal act. They must have forgotten to fill out the "but he's a swell guy" section in their investigation sheets.
- Johnny
Also, if he is SUCH a jolly old chum... A good old boy... Why hasn't HE gone to the police once he knew it was stolen?
- Johnny
Fine. The next time my phone gets "found" at a bar, I expect a full raid on the schlub who bought it and posted photos on his blog. And then I expect his arrest, because, after all, he is a jolly old chum, right?
- Steven Perez
The crazy thing is... I'm sure this type of industrial esponage happens ALL the time. These guys prosecuting the raid knew what they were doing. The only difference is it was to a blogger... And the MAIN reason this is being talked about is the Apple logo on the phone.
- Johnny
If it was corporate espionage, I would have expected Gawker Media's offices to be raided, as well.
- Steven Perez
Phone != Prototype. This goes into Trade Secret laws etc... 1st amendment is nice and all, but if you break criminal law...
- Johnny
The First Amendment does not get subsumed because of a trade law, Johnny.
- Steven Perez
Indeed... But 1st amendment law doesn't excuse you from criminal prosecution.
- Johnny
Yeah, read that part in the second paragraph of the link I provided, Johnny.
- Steven Perez
"Simply put, while a court may conclude that under particular facts and circumstances that a reporter must divulge sources or unpublished materials, or that he is liable for his misdeeds, police may not decide on their own to ignore free speech protections for journalists merely by claiming that the reporter may have committed a crime."
- Steven Perez
So are you suggesting that the raid was an intimidation tactic to stop people reporting if they found prototype hardware?
- Johnny
PS... The blog post is still up. And he can write about it still
- Johnny
It's an intimidation tactic, all right.
- Steven Perez
On who's behest?
- Johnny
If the raid is an intimidation tactic to prevent future publications of prototypes and sensitive information, do you believe that is a purely Apple thing or is this something that would be supported by several tech companies with intellectual property
- Johnny
Since you asked the question, Johnny: http://friendfeed.com/silas21...
- Steven Perez
Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec Corp, KLA-Tencor Inc, Applied Materials Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc are on the committee too. Do you think they quietly support such tactics to protect intellectual property?
- Johnny
As CW already pointed out, "we take care of our own".
- Steven Perez
He purchased a phone for approximately 10x what it would normally sell for (if it were even on the market, which it was not). While I consider myself a left-leaning person, it's reasonable to assume that Mr. Chen knew exactly what he was doing when he purchased this device and that it came from a questionable source. Just because you frigging blogged about it doesn't automatically...
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- Peter Ghosh
I LOL, too, but only because it's the same argument from the last five hours.
- Steven Perez
Maybe I'm not as trusting of task forces with blatant conflicts of interest.
- Steven Perez
Steven, I understand where you are coming from. After 9/11, we started to see some fascist elements take center stage. Feel like flying today? Please place your belt, shoes, laptop, and DNA sample on the belt. If you disagree with these guidelines, prepare for an unscheduled colonoscopy. Welcome to Arizona. . . now show me your papers, non-white guy! However, again, it's still...
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- Peter Ghosh
Again: not a problem there. I questioned the raid, and that's when five hours of circular arguments began with Blu and Johnny.
- Steven Perez
What is the best micro-blog? Pownce,twitter,kwippy,plurk or identi.ca?
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Pownce is best, but it is too unactive, twitter is too unstable and replying is annoying, plurk is weird, identi.ca is even weirder. So I think best micro-blog is kwippy, or Pownce.
- k00pa
I hate Twitter & Plurk & Identi.ca. Pownce is ok but I think Kwippy is best.
- ChaCha Fance
what about jaiku ? It didn't make the list...
- Yvon Bayonne
Pownce probably is the best but Twitter still has a much larger user base, Plurk is childish and identi.ca has nothing different other than login with OpenID. I'm still trying out Kwippy
- João Almeida
from twhirl
Twitter, Plurk, Kwippy is also cool
- Hisham Sadek هشام
I wish Pownce was big as Twitter, that would make it the best. But I'm commenting on FriendFeed. Go figure.
- phil baumann
I'm begining to think of Disqus as a micro blogging format. it does have a linear quality as well. and it takes in Seesmic which I like
- NoahDavidSimon
Jaiku and youare are not on list, because I forgot that them also exist.
- k00pa
I am a Jaiku fan: best of all these worlds. Too bad Google killed it... ;(
- Barbara K. Baker
Hi k00pa, we are introducing YouAre and we are proud if you could test our service. More info: http://friendfeed.com/rooms...
- José Luis Antúnez
Twitter for rate of growth (but not for quality), Pownce for quality but not mass. I'm not big on Plurk, but I'm trying out Kwippy this week and like the idea so far.
- Garza
Twitter for ease-of-use, simple GUI, first to market.
- Rebecca Povio
the new Gtalk with open social is going to be kewl
- paisley
Plurk, not perfect but great GUI and more addictive than the rest
- Kol Tregaskes
from twhirl
I'm still missing the point on Kwipp, it looks like just another Twitter clone, at least Plurk has a different twist on it
- João Almeida
I think friendfeed is best for both microblogging and conversations
- Svartling
is this link, comment baiting, what... do you really WANT to know or do you just want to get a lot of worked up replies? Cause if you REALLY want to know, ping me and I'll tell you.
- John McElhenney
@JMac by suggesting you have THE answer, you kinda missed the point.
- Brian Carter
Twitter and Plurk, i like GUI of Plurk
- SEO Srbija
"There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends." -- Homer / more quotes at: http://bit.ly/7nMRaU.
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The iLet Mini HAL Android Tablet: $119 - http://www.i4u.com/article...
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"If you're in the market for a tablet, but not interested in spending a lot of money, the iLet Mini HAL Android tablet (Akihabara News) may be the gadget for you. This device has a 7” TFT LCD touchscreen that offers a resolution of 800x480. The OS is Android 1.6, the processor is a 600 MHz VIA ARM CPU, and this tablet has 128 MB of RAM and 2 GB of Flash storage. It can handle up to 32 GB Flash or 250 GB USB memory extensions. This little tablet has b/g WiFi and can also handle 3G over USB. It brags 16 hours of battery life, and purchase comes with 10 GB of cloud storage through Haleron's iConnect service. Sure, this tablet isn't exactly mind-blowing, but a $119 price tag makes up for a lot"
- chaz2b
from Bookmarklet
Wish it had 2.1....
- Nathan Snyder
Just Learned A Friend Died–Three Nights Ago He Was Telling Me What Mattered In Life [Jeff Widman - 2/9/09] #RollanKim - http://www.jeffwidman.com/blog...
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Rollan Kim (Harvard 1985), my college roommate 1983-85, died Sat 2/8/09 in a paragliding accident. Facebook group "The Life and Memory of Rollan Kim" http://facebook.com/group...
- Mitchell Tsai
from Bookmarklet
So sorry Mitchell. Your entry was so wonderful
- Shevonne
I am sorry for your and his families loss
- RAPatton
Thanks Robert, Shevonne, and Susan... It was quite a surprise to hear about Rollan's death through a Twitter DM from Susan Mernit (amazing new technology). I've only had two close college friends pass away (to my knowledge). Catherine Tse '87 committed suicide just before her 30th birthday, and I was also blessed to spend 1-2 hrs hanging out with her 2 months before her death. Missed her funeral. Her friends didn't know that I was in contact with her, so I didn't hear about her death for many months.
- Mitchell Tsai
So sorry. Beautiful words.
- Martha
Thanks Martha
- Mitchell Tsai
Memorial Service - Thursday, Feb 12 6:45pm viewing; 7pm service at The New community Baptist Church of Mountain View 1250 W Middlefield Rd in Mountain View, CA == Funeral - Friday 10:30 Alta Mesa Cemetary Palo Alto, CA
- Mitchell Tsai
Helen: Not much of a shock, I'm pretty comfortable with transitions between this world & the next. It was quite a surprise though. I wasn't expecting it...not like with an extended illness. It was very sudden.
- Mitchell Tsai
Better names for a Microsoft phone than 'Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Series': 'Phune' (like Zune), 'Zune Phone', 'MICROSOFT PHONE'.
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Zhone.
- Ken Sheppardson
Is that pronounced 'djone' or 'zuhown'?
- Kevin Fox
"WinPhone" would be a GREAT name.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Windows Mobile
- Vezquex
Stephen, upon reading your comment I instantly became certain that that's what people will end up calling it no matter what they brand it.
- Kevin Fox
Then again, this is the company that thought 'WinCE' was a good mobile OS moniker.
- Kevin Fox
MWP7
- Eren Emre Kanal
Maybe following on the success of "bing" they could call it "bong".
- Ken Sheppardson
Phune sounds good. You can use Peter Sellers/Clouseau clips about someone un de phune....
- Peter Ghosh
Comparing the Software - TurboTax and H&R Block at Home - http://www.nytimes.com/2010...
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"Before you buy a tax-preparation program, understand that it won’t be a panacea. You still have to keep good records — they matter mightily if you’re audited — and, in complicated situations, you may need to research tax laws yourself. The software can’t tell you whether tuition for your Spanish class is deductible, only that job-related educational expenses might be. What’s more, it won’t ease the headache you may get by trying to find answers on the I.R.S. Web site. The agency provides reams of guidance, but the rules can be murky for people who muck about with them only occasionally — even pros."
- LANjackal
from Bookmarklet
turbo tax was ok this year
- Anthony Farrior
Twiddict - lets you tweet even when Twitter is down. - http://twiddict.com/login
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Twiddict will constantly ping the Twitter API to see if the service is up again and send your messages as soon as Twitter resumes normal operation. What do you think, good idea, or just putting more strain on Twitter's resources?
- Sharon McPherson
I think it will just make the problem worse.
- Stephan Miller
twitt what? lol I think we have enough of twitts.
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Good in concept but the thing I like best about Twitter is the up to the minute information. If it is even an hour old, I would prefer to just read it on a blog post. Twitter for me is almost like a news engine. Granted that when it is down, I am lost but that will hopefully change and soon.
- Melissa Hourigan
good poit Melissa, but I have to admit that something about twitter gets those creativity juices going like nothing else. something about 140 characters gets me sharp and to the point. It also tends to take out unneeded info. I have become a better writer through twitter. I sometimes take my tweets and make blog posts out of them
- NoahDavidSimon
how does this work?
- meme
Man. I could go for some Fritos.
Kol Tregaskes, rowlikeagirl, Just Katie and 9 other people liked this
I've got some here in my desk :)
- holly #ravingfangirl
I have some at home. Might have to see if the vending machine has some to share.
- LB so u no it's real
Oooh! Co-worker has some in her office she says I can haz.
- LB so u no it's real
now you gotta put some chili and cheese on 'em.
- Bubba Botts
All of that is also at home.
- LB so u no it's real
do you ALWAYS come to work this unprepared? *sigh* youngins'...I tell ya.
- Bubba Botts
I have some frozen veggies and a can of Campbell's gumbo.
- LB so u no it's real
muncha-muncha-muncha-muncha muncha-muncha-muncha-Fritos corn chips go with lunch!
- Ladyepiphanybug
pizza?
- Anthony Farrior
Bubba stole my idea.
- Yolanda
Code monkey like fritos.
- ha3rvey (Hugs 50% off!)
I like them too! I even twitted about it once and some marketing dude for Frito Lay started sending me boxes of snack products!
- Martha
Wow, Martha!
- LB so u no it's real
How Is Wind Chill Calculated? (Plus 9 More Wind Chill FAQs) - http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs...
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"Wind Chill = 35.74 + 0.6215T – 35.75(V^0.16) + 0.4275T(V^0.16)"
- AJ Batac :)
from Bookmarklet
*crosseyed*
- Roberto Bonini
Finish the sentence: It's so cold outside that..... (stealing this from Beth Bradley's facebook page great idea :))
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SA> Apple Tablet and Mobile Madness at CES – CES Preview Get Ready for the Hype http://siliconangle.com/blog...
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@joshelman you don't need convergence, you need data portability :) there will always be best of breed apps for given tasks
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I consider my self a solid second-tier FFeeder. I comment and like a lot, and I share a lot of stuff, but I don't post much original content. To everyone who takes the time to think of interesting stuff to say, I salute you.
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Thank you Sarah!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
ROFL :)
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
On a more serious note, aside from our differences of opinion on politics, I find Alex Scrivener to be a worthwhile member of the friendfeed community.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Well thanks Alex. I do tend to be very political.
- Alex Scrivener
from iPhone
I enjoy your posts quite a bit, so thanks for being in my feed. :)
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Cristo, most of it's Libertarian views.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
I love the sharing. Continue to share.
- Eric
'and I'am6th'tier!.............................:-)
- Nispell
Then again, what passes as original content these days?! It's good being on your feed :-)
- Rene, Pro Button Pusher
Alex Scrivener, keep on keep'n on with the great friendfeed sharing. :)
- Micah
We are all the same tier of user regardless of how much we post, comment and like. We are all equal. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
...
- ★ Soner Gönül
Your shares make up about 60-70% of what I actually read on FF. It helps, of course, that we share a very similar, if not the same, point of view in multiple topics.
- ryan
I think you're top tier.
- SAM
FFholic says you're the 86th most active user.
- Vezquex
Hey guys. So, I have a task that I want to complete in 2010. I thought I would get a head start. I want to get to 1,000 followers on Twitter. It would be great if you guys could help. :) http://twitter.com/rivahratt
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Donation by Action: The New Social Charity Model - http://mashable.com/2009...
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Digg looking to aggregate what's hot on Twitter and Facebook - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technol...
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Live Now: FLOSS Weekly 103 with Randal Schwartz: Open SOA. http://live.twit.tv. Discuss here...
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Tease:
- Leo Laporte
Our guest: Jeff Davis has over 15 years experience in enterprise software development. He is currently Senior Director of Software Architecture at HireRight Inc, where he is responsible for implementing HireRight's SOA and SaaS initiatives. Prior to that, he was a successful eBusiness consultant for several years, where he worked extensively with enterprise ERP, CRM and procurement applications. He recently authored a book titled "Open Source SOA" (June 2009) by Manning Publications.
- Leo Laporte
Jeff's blog: http://jdavis.open-soa.info/blog...
- Leo Laporte
Apache Tuscany: http://tuscany.apache.org/
- Leo Laporte
Apache Synapse: http://synapse.apache.org/
- Leo Laporte
have we discussed the open android's impact on mobile developers and mobile device prices?
- Anthony Farrior
JBoss jBPM: http://www.jboss.org/jbossjb...
- Leo Laporte
JBoss Drools: http://www.jboss.org/drools/
- Leo Laporte
Esper: http://esper.codehaus.org/
- Leo Laporte
Hello everybody congrats on your book sorry l didnt catch your name....HAPPY NEW YR WHERE'S LEO??????
- Pam Gwenzi
FLASH..... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
- Johnny
Ustream is a bigger picture, but on the 3G it's only about 3 fps
- Johnny
10 ways to measure social media success | Blog | Econsultancy - http://econsultancy.com/blog...
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