I think that it is 100% okay that Microsoft makes this Windows only. This is a legitimate avenue to add value to Windows. If Apple can make things like iPhoto mac only as a value add to their OS, why shouldn't it be okay for Microsoft to do something similar for Windows? - Joe Beda
@ Joe Beda perhaps because the OS is not the value add - seriously, competition is great but you running Vista yet? All of this user generated content App rush (don't forget Adobe & flash issues) is good for users generating content ... fwiw not an apple v msft issue when downstream app cos are historically crowded out by Windows OS - creep - Scott Moskowitz
I should be clear -- I think that it is in Microsoft's best interest to have the player work everywhere (ala silverlight). However, on the creation side of things, I think it is a great way for Microsoft to make Windows more compelling. Obviously as a user we'd like to see everything be cross platform, but I think it is legit for MS to only offer the creation software on Windows. (Can I get Apple's Aperture on Windows? What about Final Cut Pro?) - Joe Beda
I see nothing wrong with Microsoft making PC only software. But it still doesn't mean I can use it on my Mac. - Thomas Hawk
It doesn't seem to play well with Parallels/XP either. Once I installed the plug-in, every visit to the Photosynth site crashed IE. On an unrelated note, the language of the notice regarding their lack of cross-platform support is very un-Microsoft (not in a bad way). Anyway, looking forward to giving it a shot once they get a handle on the traffic spike. - Tom Harrison
The TED demo of this software was one of the coolest and most inspiring things I've seen re. software (esp. M$ software) in a long time. - Hillary Hartley via feedalizr
"ASA plans to field the Ares 1 in 2015, using it to launch the Apollo-like Orion crew capsule into orbit (left). But engineers believe that combustion in the rocket's solid-fuel motor would likely set up vibrations across both vehicles for a few seconds during the ascent. These "thrust oscillations" could injure astronauts or make it hard for them to see the controls and respond to emergencies.
In a teleconference this morning, NASA project managers described their plan to limit the vibrations to one-quarter of a g force (the force of gravity on Earth). More than that, they said, and vibrations can affect vision and speech similar to the way a jackhammer might.
Part of the plan is to add 16 adjustable spring-mounted weights or actuators to the aft skirt—the flared structure at the bottom of the rocket that shields it from exhaust. The idea is that sensors would monitor the vibrations and adjust the position of these 100-pound weights to reduce the shaking." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet
@Mark thank you for posting something that doesn't make me want to puke - Pete Delucchi
@Pete I'll try to post less vomit-inducing stuff from now on. - Mark Wilson
don't stop posting that stuff on my account; it's funny, popular, and although totally nauseating, still somewhat impossible to avert my gaze from... - Pete Delucchi
Seriously, LOL again. This pic is SO perfect! - Josh Haley
Ahem. Where's the "@Joanmarie I'll try to post less vomit-inducing stuff"? Huh?? ;-) (This picture is awesome though.) - Joanmarie
I can't stop laughing at the photo...LOL..i'm so bad - Shey
I thought this was a Worth1000.com photo for a moment... still, the sentiment is spot on... I see far too many children who throw tantrums in public. - Bill Sodeman
"The RIAA has lost its lawsuit against Tanya Andersen, a disabled single mother, and have been ordered to pay her court costs of $107,951. But the good news keeps on coming: Ms Andersen is now countersuing for damages arising from her having to defend the suit." [Ahhhh, right when I get so down on our whole system that I want to scream, something happens that gives me new hope.] - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet
it would be nice to see more of this happen. they've pushed the bar for too long - Cee Bee
good - serves them right. I'm all for IP protection but those guys have been complete morons in the way they have approached it. - Marco
They should have to pay the costs for people to be able to counter-sue them as well. They have muscled their way through court cases, knowing that they could force people to settle on a case rather than go bankrupt fighting a billion dollar company. They don't win in court, they just have more funds than citizens do to keep up long running court cases...it's not justice, it's money manipulating the legal system. - cmiper
Totally agree with you, Marco (and cmiper) - if the RIAA had taken 10% of the money they've blown on lawsuits, and invested it in ways to make it easier for people to be honest, the issues could have been basically eliminated. - Anthony Citrano
it seems people inside a system are the last to know the system is failing, riaa, wall street, government ... an almost infallible rule ... - gregory lent
Hi! We're the RIAA and we're here to help you sue your customers. - Christopher Harley
@gregory - well put. it's so common. and gotta say in the year and a half i've been in LA i've been stunned how few media/entertainment execs truly "get" the web, and i think that's feeding their own failure too. - Anthony Citrano
Thanks, everyone! And, yes, Mark's right: today was the big ultrasound where we discovered the gender. She's due in late January. Oh, and this will be our first. - Akiva Moskovitz
I love hearing baby news on Twitter/FF. Seems surreal to me. - Granteezy
Granteezy, it's doubly surreal announcing this stuff on Twitter/FriendFeed. Admittedly, it was my first thought (although I personally messaged my sister and my best friend first). - Akiva Moskovitz
Sleeping during delivery ... hm, that's a novel approach. Congratulations. Good luck with that whole parenting thing. I have a one-year-old and a three-year-old. They're pretty awesome, but don't expect to have your life back, ever. - nathan
Congratulations Akiva! There is nothing like it in the world especially when it comes to daddy's little girl. - Carlos Ayala
Hicks: "hey vasquez have you ever been mistaken for a man?" Vasquez (female) "no, have you?" - Jeremiah Owyang
Hicks: "What do you mean, 'They cut the power?' How could they cut the power, man? They're ANIMALS!" (paxton had all the best lines, then paul reiser) - .LAG
The "game over man. Game over...etc." rant - Abby Martin
"I guess she doesn't like the cornbread either." - Tim Chemacki
One of my favorite movies. Too many great quotes. - Tim Chemacki
"somebody wake up hicks" Sarge, during dropship deployment - Jeremiah Owyang
Hudson: "Why don't we put HER in charge?!?" referring to "Newt" - the little girl. - Tim Chemacki
"Were in the pipe, Five by Five" -Female Pilot (which was later repurposed in Starcraft 1 by the Dropship captain - Jeremiah Owyang
"were in an express elevator to hell...going down!" -Hudson - Jeremiah Owyang
Hudson: Well that's great, that's just &%$#! great, man. Now what the &%$#! are we supposed to do? We're in some real pretty &%$#! now man! - Don K
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. - Ripley - Erik Sebellin-Ross
"OK everybody, you know the drill: a**holes & elbows!" - Sarge - Tim Chemacki
"You're dogmeat pal!" - Hudson to Burke - Tim Chemacki
Bishop: "I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid." bit of a fail tho - I had to look up IMDB to see who was the 'artificial person' - martin english
"Not bad, for a human..." Bishop to Ripley - jyamasaki
I like Hicks' reference to "pointed sticks" in the Extended Edition. - dennis d. mcdonald
"Bishop, I though you never miss" (In reference to the knife/finger trick - Jeremiah Owyang
"I just need to know one thing: where...they...are." - Vasquez - Tim Chemacki
"They come out at night... mostly" - Newt to Ripley. To this day I still can't say "mostly" without hearing her voice. - Jim Goldstein
Newt: "We'd better get back, 'cause it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night... mostly." Also, anything by Bill Paxton's character. - Jeff Beckham
"...stay frosty..." - only because it was used by Guardian Bob in the television series Reboot. - Michael Bekiaris
"Get away from her you... bitch!!!" - Ripley to the queen alien - Jim Goldstein
"I made a bad call Ripley. So I made a bad call." Burke to Ripley - Jim Goldstein
"Maybe we could build a fire, sing a couple of songs, huh? Why don't we try that? " - Burke after the shuttle crashes - Jim Goldstein
Damn you Jeremiah now I need to watch this movie and soon LOL I may just have to have an Aliens movie get together. - Jim Goldstein
Sounds like you already know it by heart. It's on Comcast "on demand" - Jeremiah Owyang
I'm with Abby- Game Over, Man! Game Over!!! - Chris Brogan
Not sure if ON Demand is 5.1 sound, but there is nothing like watching that movie with 2 300W sub-woofers in 5.1 surround. When I first got the LaserDisc back in the day my system caused the popcorn ceiling to rain down. It was the first disc I put in the new home theater. Unbeknownst to me I had the subs on the highest setting versus the lowest. Ah the memories - Jim Goldstein
ummm popcorn ceiling is often carcinogenic...careful there. - Jeremiah Owyang
"How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?" Hudson - Alex Scoble
"A day in the marines is like a day on the farm. Every meal a banquet, every formation, a parade! I love the CORP!" Sgt. Apone - Alex Scoble
Carla, both are doing great. We're wrapping up a four day weekend at my parents, and on division of duty, both are at risk of the iPhone camera when I have them. And Chris, feel free to use the photo. - Louis Gray
Cuteness ends to the point when you hear small child screaming all of the nights during week full of work. But to be realistic, that's normal. - Daniel Schildt
