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Your business card is Google, your resume is your blog, are you ready?
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Which professions and industries are the most progressive here. The least?
- Adam
Etsy :: EveningArwen :: Star Trek Inspired Corset - http://www.etsy.com/view_li...
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Ummmmm.....wow.....
- Stephen Pierzchala
well hello there.
- Thomas Hawk
How do you say "How YOU doin?" in Vulcan?
- Mitch Wagner
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." - http://ambivalence.tumblr.com/post...
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Hey, did you know Stowe wears funny hats?
- Robert Scoble
A since this statement discuses people we can conclude....
- Todd Hoff
todd: no this statement discusses an idea. Agreed, the idea is about people, but it is still an idea. It only becomes a person when it's no longer nameless.
- Tom Ribbens
This so relevant after last night's pissing match between Winer and Scoble.
- Stephen Pierzchala
Stowe is always coming up with these gems. Great sentiment with the start of the New Year and everyone's posting resolutions lately. How does this statement apply to our notions of authority vs. popularity?
- Hutch Carpenter
I see three people named: great, average, and small :-)
- Todd Hoff
Hutch: Stowe is an authority on weird hats. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Depending on how you define great as well. Those that move history understand that it's the convergence of people, events and ideas that makes a difference. Great ideas alone do not change the world. :)
- mikepk
Stowe is always wearing weird hats: http://www.flickr.com/search... -- now, find an algorithm that would give him hat authority. :-)
- Robert Scoble
I've seen Stowe's artiste hat at TC50 and Defrag. Quite sporty on him. I couldn't pull it off. I'll grant him Artiste Hat authority.
- Hutch Carpenter
The greatest minds discuss hats. :)
- mikepk
i discuss nouns. in my opinion, great minds often don't discuss at all. this opinion has very little reasoning behind it, and is the result more of impression than consideration ... this is how you can tell i have a smallish sort of mind.
- idnan
DailyTech - Former Diskeeper CIO Says He Was Fired for Refusing Scientology Indoctrination - http://www.dailytech.com/Former+...
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WTF?
- Helen Sventitsky
@mediajunkie If you want to have a Big Swinging Dickfest with @1938media, go right ahead. Nobody cares...
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What is your opinion on mechanical pencils?
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I think that they're a silly fad.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
The mechanical pencil. Invented in 1822, and popular ever since, especially in Japan. Never needs to be sharpened, and thus can be used for a longer period of time without the quality degrading process that normal pencils suffer from. Consistent line attributes. Better readability. Last longer and are more durable, as well as having erasers that don't smudge like normal pencils do. Add that to a stylish and comfortable grip—something that normal pencils lack—and I doubt that they are merely a "fad".
- i80and
My degree in mechanical drawing was inspired by my love for mechanical pencils.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
I think they squeak too much when I use them and it drives me batty...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I prefer the real deal
- Shevonne
Loved them in high school, now prefer No. 2s and a boring manual pencil sharpener.
- Alix Whitmire
@Tina: Squeak? I've never heard so much as a peep out of mine, personally. There are very different types of mechanical pencils; maybe you got the wrong kind?
- i80and
That's possible i80and, but every variety I've tried has squeaked when the lead moves over the paper.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I like 'em better than the wooden kind.
- Fa La La La Lindsay
I always have a pencil and paper on my desk here. I spend a little extra and got a nice Papermate one, for around $7. It's more like holding a decent pen, and it writes very smoothly - much better than an ordinary pencil, and I so prefer pencil to pen.
- Ian May
i started using one again a few months ago after not using one in at least 15 years. i try not to use paper at all these days i am just about completely digital...but when i do the mechanical pencil comes in handy for tagging up someones else's crap. its the perfect width.
- Carlos Ayala
Jack, care to explain why you love mechanical pencils? I'd love to hear your side of it.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
silly fad? oh no you didn't!!!! http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Cee Bee
I've used mechanical pencils exclusively since sixth grade. Regular pencils are... wrong.
- Akiva Moskovitz
a silly fad? seriously? wow
- Cee Bee
I love them and have several with different lead thicknesses for different purposes. The 0.7mm work well in Moleskines for notes.
- Sally Church
Love them. I can never find a pencil sharpener when I need one.
- Bryan Clark
Also, I have experienced the squeaking of lead, though I haven't tried many varieties of mechanical pencils and leads.
- Rishabh Mishra (p248)
Silly fad??? I've used them since high school. They became seriously invaluable since 1st year univ. Wouldn't consider regular pencils now.
- Kamath (नमः)
I prefer Lead holders - 2B and H. But the cheapo .5mm pencils are good too
- Stephen Pierzchala
Definitely 0.5mm. I have a couple that I use regularly and have had for many years. Regular pencils just aren't consistent enough and require a lot of upkeep.
- LogEx
i80and, you get a +1,000 from me. I've been using mechanical pencils since elementary school, mostly the sleek, shiny, 0.5mm Zebra M-301. My high school orchestra director uses Zebras; I once got a replacement F-301 Ultra (pen; the Ultra has a rubber grip instead of ribbed plastic) spring from a makeup-counter clerk in a Macy's (could have been Nordstrom's or Marshall Field's, too; I...
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- Voyagerfan5761
from fftogo
They're awesome. I have always preferred using mechanical pencils over regular pencils since I was a kid. It just feels more high-tech. :)
- imabonehead
I only buy 0.5mm myself. In fact, I got some refill leads this very evening. Only 97 cents, and they'll last ages.
- Ian May
I prefer them
- Nurse Katie
I like the fact they do not have to be sharpened. You don't have to carry around a pencil sharpener but rather they take care of themselves.
- Adriana
pencil?
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Better then regular pencils.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
I HATE dull pencil leads. DNW. I can be very irrational about it. Give me mechanical.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
I can't remember the last time I used a pencil. In high school, though, I loved mechanical pencils. Haven't touched any variation of a pencil in years now.
- Rochelle
MiniMage++ and lol @ Amber. That's my attitude when I'm not at school or in rehearsal.
- Voyagerfan5761
from fftogo
Also +1 from here; nothing is more annoying than a pencil that gets dull! Although I personally prefer 0.7mm leads due to fear of snapping anything slimmer.
- i80and
love 'em use one every day. to me, it's a 'pen' that i can erase!
- MikeAmundsen
I don't like them! The erasers are weird and the lead is too thin. I'll take a regular old pencil any day.
- BEX
I like them, if I'm using a pencil.
- xero
Dislike them. I want real pencils. Mechanical pencils have no character in their strokes.
- Parth Awasthi
I use them for all my taxes, financial paper work... I need lots of lead and dont' mess with silly sharpeners
- Susan Beebe
Dropbox, Secure File Syncing, Storage & Sharing - http://laughingsquid.com/dropbox...
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Dropbox rules.
- Jay Cuthrell
I use this daily...hourly. It syncs across the three laptops on my desk (in a 12-step program already. Thanks for asking though.) -- Ubuntu, MacBook, WinXP
- Stephen Pierzchala
I use Live Mesh (http://www.mesh.com), which is free and also gives you the ability to do remote desktop to the PCs you have connected to the mesh.
- David Wilson
I love DropBox -- I use it for 1 Password, which is how I got hooked, but now I put stuff like my quicken file on it -- something that I'd need to get back quickly if I had a bunch of stuff break and didn't have time to do a full restore. After all, in this day and age, we always need Quicken to confirm that we have no money!
- Gregory Cohen
How trustworthy is dropbox?
- Paul Anderson
from twhirl
Trustworthy?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
If you're putting your data up there, you don't want to end up handing over to crazed Libyan bagpipe technicians.
- Paul Anderson
from twhirl
Paul, always assume that the recipient is evil. Or will be sold to someone evil tomorrow. Same for everyone between you and your data's destination.
- Karl Anderson
Fair point.
- Paul Anderson
from twhirl
So to be rigorous, data that doesn't go through open-source client-side encryption before leaving your box should be data that you don't mind seeing on 4chan.
- Karl Anderson
With a fundamental shift in code base, why didn't WordPress just call 2.7 WP 3?
Nicholas James, Glenn Batuyong, Fats Leroy and 7 other people liked this
They've said in the past that version numbers are just version numbers, not arbitrary declarations of epoch or feature sets.
- Chris Baskind
Well, you can only imagine what WP 3 will look like then...
- Stephen Pierzchala
I think becuase it was such a fundamental shift, they didn't want to lead off with it. I am much more likely to move from 2.6 to 2.7 rather than a whole number. This way, they could get more people 'psudeo-testing'. That and I have a hunch (fully unsubstantiated) that WordPress 3.0 may offer an advanced paid option...
- Johnny Worthington
Of course, if 3.0 is the next release after 2.9 then why do we have point numbers at all? Why not call this release WordPress 27? If the major number means nothing, why not eliminate the distinction?
- Scott of Two Countries
ABOUT TIME! - http://http:/mac...
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YEEHAA! No More VUZE!
- Stephen Pierzchala
HO.LEE.SHIT. Now this is the Watchmen Trailer I was waiting for! Check out version 2 - http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer...
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GTA trailer music + Muse > Billy Corgan.
- robin k
DON'T WATCH, JOHN...READ READ READ.
- Derrick
What robin said.
- Derrick
I think Muse might be getting over used a touch in trailer music. The most memorable trailer with a Muse song was 28 WEEKS LATER.
- Andy Triefenbach
Read it.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
March. Goddamn it.
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Whoa.
- Vincent X
John- actually, I think you're fine to watch the trailer. Don't see how it would spoil anything.
- Steve Isaacs
fukn whoa!!! that looks way better than i thought it was gonna be :)
- UncleCreepy13
that is a great trailer...cant wait for the movie
- (jeff)isageek
OMG I got the chills
- Mona Nomura
I think that Muse is a perfect pick for the soundtrack.
- Clay Newton
really like and had to google the music - seriously is this Smashing Pumpkins? Never was too into them but really like the song that played in the trailer.
- Janet
it was Muse "Take a Bow" i believe. that trailer is awesomesauce
- Mister Groonk
from twhirl
HOLY FUCK! That is awesome!
- Santa CW™
Smashing Pumpkins was in the first trailer (which is better in my opinion). Going to be a good show and never heard of Watchmen before I saw the trailer last summer.
- Jared B. Luther
Election Duel! Obama V. McCain - Who Get's Pwned? - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Funny! And the director is Sandeep Parikh from The Guild and Legend of Neil, no less.
- Ken Kennedy
I Got My Android G1 - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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And I got my MacBook. Good tech week all around.
- Stephen Pierzchala
Ariel Atom 3 | Base Price: $65k - http://www.arielatom.com/specs...
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WANT.
- donato
It would be a lot of fun, but it seems unnecessarily expensive. There are other exocars out there: http://exocars.net/
- Jason Wehmhoener
GIMME
- Mo Kargas
Yeah, I'd take just about any of them.
- donato
Here's an all-electric one: http://www.detroitev.com/electri...
- Jason Wehmhoener
There's an electric version of the Atom too: http://www.wrightspeed.com/x1...
- donato
the first Tesla was built on the Atom
- clarke thomas
Oh, kewl, didn't know that.
- donato
Ever since I saw the first Atom on Top Gear, I have wanted one with every fiber of my being.
- Phil G
I'm with Phil with on this. It would kill me, but OH MAN!
- Stephen Pierzchala
Perspective. Maryam and I were watching CNBC talking about the economic troubles. She turns to me "I grew up in the middle of a war and a revolution, this doesn't seem that bad."
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"Good" and "bad" are indeed relative terms.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Breathing? Check! Water? Check! Food? Check! Gunfire on my street? Nope! Right...things aren't that bad.
- Stephen Pierzchala
Yeah, she lived in Tehran and her house was bombed. People are losing their homes, but not like that.
- Robert Scoble
Well, back then too, things were 'not that bad' until a certain point -- and are we maybe a bit numbed, after the disasters of this decade?
- Christopher Galtenberg
she's right
- Milad.p
Worst I have seen. But I only have a quarter century of bad things to compare it to.
- Geoff Schultz
Geoff: it's the worst I've seen too, although the gas lines and malaise and corruption (Nixon/Carter) of the 1970s were pretty damn bad too.
- Robert Scoble
That comment from her is awesomesauce!
- Alex Scoble
I believe, deep in my heart, that the cause of the problems in the 1970's was Disco.
- Geoff Schultz
Yes, Disco is the root of all things that are evil...which is why it's banned from our wedding.
- Alex Scoble
This isn't the worst I've seen...does no one remember the economic situation post 9/11?
- Alex Scoble
Alex: this is far worse than post 9/11. That was a temporary shock to the system. The fears I'm hearing are that this will be long and deep. The dominoes that make up the economy haven't stopped falling yet. On 9/11 it was very fast and came back pretty nicely pretty quickly. We don't yet know how deep or long this one will be, but it's looking damn nasty.
- Robert Scoble
Good point Robert. Do you know anyone who has done some scenarios, projected possible outcomes? Any critical thinkers who have drawn a picture of what the next likely 'dominoes' might be?
- Leif Hansen
Yep, my brother is seriously smoking some good stuff out of the fear pipe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Alex Scoble
Alex: you are just being a jerk now. Since you told me to "be positive" the market has dropped nearly 2,000 points. Well, someday it'll start going up and you'll probably say "see, I called it." Well, here's my stake: the plane is pulling out of its death spiral slightly. So, Monday I wouldn't be surprised to see an up market.
- Robert Scoble
Leif: Auto industry is the domino that's falling now. So, draw lines out from there to who sells stuff to auto industry. That's where the domino falling will go next.
- Robert Scoble
Jerk now? I think you used an unnecessary word in there Robert...But seriously, what have you gained by not being wrong? What have you gained by shouting from the rooftops that the sky is falling? Yeah, yeah, you are Mr. Brutally Honest Scoble...It's your shtick, we get it. Actually, no it isn't...your shtick is telling us what's cool out there...showing the light at the end of the tunnel. All of this fear mongering, doesn't become you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Alex Scoble
On the positive side, isn't this a great time to buy some good shares here and there 'on the cheap'?
- Charlie Ramirez
I have to agree with Robert, I think this is worse than 9/11(regarding the economy of course). This is a meltdown of the markets fundamentals(which werent strong John)
- Geoff Schultz
I think we're all working and living like we're almost through the tunnel, but there's nothing wrong in thinking about the downside and getting prepared, in whatever way we can. Talking preparation would be more constructive than beating our heads against the wall.
- Christopher Galtenberg
@Robert: Isn't it okay to be positive in the face of negative news? I don't think Alex is saying things are great, he's seeing opportunity and he sees the mid-to-long-term future still being bright. When you're faced with something awful it generally pays to be positive.
- AJ Kohn
If it works for Bob Brinker...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Alex Scoble
Most market experts would not have told you to do dollar cost averaging in 2003 when the market was recovering. It's a tool to limit risk when investing in bear markets, not necessarily bull markets. And the S&P being at 850 is just utter crap. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Alex Scoble
Christopher Penn's with ya Robert http://www.christopherspenn.com/2008... "...What we face in the months and years ahead is nearly unprecedented in terms of economic turmoil. Our society at large will be different when we emerge on the other side. Some won’t make it. The goods news? You’re not alone, as my friends remind me often..."
- Leif Hansen
People say the same thing in any bear market, but you have to go in at some point and it's better to go in when the market is going down vs going up. But you don't want to go in all at once and be horribly wrong on where the bottom was, so you divide the amount you are going to invest into 10 or 12 blocks and put it into the market in whatever time span you are comfortable with (days, weeks, months) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... That's Dollar Cost Averaging.
- Alex Scoble
the worst ain't over. i went to get some take-out from a popular pizza place in the Wall St area last night that has several restaurant/bars and outdoor seating. The weather was nice and since it was Thursday a lot of people were there, mainly wall st types, mainly VP and below younger people. Talked to a few, not too many are worried too much, but that might be bravado (and alcohol) speaking for them. What the resounding consensus was, though, was that there is more pain to come. I've heard (cont.)
- grant fox
...the same from more credible sources too. At least the dollar is revaluing!
- grant fox
Chris, I'm saying that we won't know where the bottom was until we are already past it. If I had additional money to invest in the market right now, I'd probably spread it out over the next 6 to 8 months. I think we should have seen the bottom by then and then those investments would be in good shape to payoff down the road.
- Alex Scoble
If the sun comes up ... and you're healthy, it's all a matter of perception. Good for her!
- Charlie Anzman
Perspective. Look at what Phil Burns and his family are going through right now: http://staynalive.com/article...
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
Digsby update just posted http://blog.digsby.com/archive... Yum, lower RAM usage!
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I GOT THIS!
Richard pancakhaus Walker, Steven Perez, Matt Hilton and 67 other people liked this
Gotta like this everytime I see it
- Johnny Worthington
Fo shizzle Obamanizzle
- Mattb4rd
I've been looking all day for this pic. My friend Josh told me about it last night. Absolutely love it.
- Dana D
resharing...
- Helen Sventitsky
Still awesome.
- ::Kristen::
ditto Mark's comment...
- Harold
Just take a pill, and chilllll.
- Pete Delucchi
I know it is a long shot, but, I hope someone close to Obama has shown him this... it just cracks me up.
- Yolanda
I HOPE SO!
- Bonnie Dean
I wish it were actually true
- Soup
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Ummm...yeah. I'm not going there...NSFWTR (Not Safe For Wife to Read)
- Stephen Pierzchala
gee .. I think I've been kinda busy in the almost three years I've been blogging :) 1,618 Posts, 3,960 comments
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If I become well known it will be from shear tenacity LOL
- Steven Hodson
1,776 posts, 2 pages, 32 categories, 601 tags, and 928 comments for mine
- Stephen Pierzchala
over what kind of time period Stephen? and have you found your readership go up over that time period or where there 'jumps' that coincided with any number of posts written at that time? .. just curious more than anything
- Steven Hodson
Jeez, you're going to use up all of the free disk space in the cloud. Could you slow down a bit? ;-)
- Mark Dykeman
We can all hope to aspire to that with our own blogging passion.
- Adam Helweh
I'm only at 1,513 posts. Need to catch up!
- Louis Gray
Wow...you have been "kinda busy" Steven ...nice work!
- Susan Beebe
the part I like best is the number of comments
- Steven Hodson
I'm at 1263 posts and 888 comments.
- Brett Nordquist
Steven - Any regrets ??
- Charlie Anzman
not a single one Charlie ... I actually look forward to each and every day wonder what things will get my juices going (and at my age that's a great thing :) )
- Steven Hodson
Yeah ... I forgot YOU were old :)
- Charlie Anzman
I REALLY do like the new look of WinExtra ... Nice Job
- Charlie Anzman
i remember when i passed 1,000 posts - it was a bittersweet moment :)
- Morgan
The ratio of posts to comments is great - over 2 per post!
- Allen Stern
You have 2,617 posts, 6 pages, contained within 4 categories and 810 tags. But then, I've been at it longer. Mine doesn't list comments. Hmmm. Must need to upgrade.
- Chris Brogan
Keep it real Steve. Nice to see you have the staying power. It's a real inspiration.
- Larry Kless
how has publishing frequently affected your traffic?
- Andrew Warner
Steven posting of his stats is getting to to look at my blog stats over the last year. Blog post to follow. Remember the LONG TAIL!
- Stephen Pierzchala
An article on blog statistics and what visitors actually read. http://bit.ly/2ncDAw
- Stephen Pierzchala
@Stephen - that was a good post - glad to have been able to be a spark for it
- Steven Hodson
I'm starting to fear that the American people are going to make a tragic mistake yet again this November.
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- Anna Haro
Unfortunately, this is probably true for a decent amount of Americans regardless who wins.
- Alex Scoble
The Repubs are so smart (and slimy) when it comes to campaigns.
- Russellreno
I hear some third world tropical coastline calling my name.... ride out the next 4 years (at least) with beer and sun and surf and forget that the world exists....
- Ňicķ
+1 Russ
- Steve Isaacs
What bothers me most is that the Dems/Obama are not responding to the Republican machine of lies & half truths. With all the $ stored up, they need to inundate the airwaves with the real plans and dispel the BS.
- Peter Ghosh
Meh. End of the day - 1) Elections come down to the fundamentals and 2) The fundamentals are hugely on the Democrats side. I really don't believe that 99% of what happens in a campaign matters, and the only poll that's at all predictive of the final outcome is exit polls. And even then only to within the margin of error.
- Eric P
The fact of the matter is that Obama needs to start fighting back. Enough with playing the role of the nice guy. Stand up for yourself, man! DO something already.
- ::Kristen::
He's doing stuff, but are people paying attention?
- Alex Scoble
i think the problem is that most of online see more of mccain's lies web ads and spend more time on inside the beltway stuff. the obama campaign is talking to real people and combating it on that front, but they're not wasting their time with frivolous web ads. the mccain campaign is looking infantile, the obama campaign is talking issues. the media coverage is pretty clear on this. you got headlines, 'mccain releases another smear ad with lots of lies' vs. 'obama speaks to ohioans regarding the economy.'
- Admiral Anika
I wasn't implying that he wasn't doing anything ... period. I meant that he wasn't defending himself. I know that he's out there doing what he has to do.
- ::Kristen::
Faboo, good points
- Sally Church
Kristen, but he is defending himself. He spends a few minutes addressing the silliness of the day, then moves back to important stuff.
- Admiral Anika
Yes, I realize.
- ::Kristen::
Steve, I disagree. I don't think Obama should be elected, but if he does win, I wouldn't categorize it as a "tragic mistake."
- ComicList
Sending masses of lawyers to Alaska is being a "nice guy?" Please. And as I said elsewhere, once again, the cry is "the only reason a Democrat loses is because the Republicans are mean, unfair liars". Absolute rubbish.
- ComicList
When will Democrats figure it out? Let's see: Dukakis, Gore, Kerry, perhaps Obama... The USA has a hard time voting for an effite wussy to be their leader. There. I said it. Now plan you candidates accordingly.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from twhirl
Did one grown man just call another grown man a "wussy?" Wow. Just wow.
- ::Kristen::
It's "effete", you fucking imbecile. And how the hell is Obama effete? It's scary how many people there are out there who are so intellectually subpar as to spend their time regurgitating Republican talking points rather that engaging in meaningful political thought and discourse.
- Alexander Carlill
We Americans have been trained to respond like Pavlov's dogs to Fear Uncertainty and Doubt and that's all the GOP has/needs.
- Chrimmus Tad
+1 Alex
- Charlie Anzman
+1 Alex (and then some!)
- JA Castillo
And how is saying voting for McCain will result in a "tragic mistake" not a Democratic talking point? How is that meaningful? How is saying the GOP wins only by inspiring fear and doubt not more of the same from the Democratic party? It's just more snobbery and bloated self absorption from the Left. And it's absolute rubbish. But I don't think any of you are imbeciles.
- ComicList
Charles - a repeat of the last 8 years is a "tragic mistake." The economy is in tatters and people are suffering. Millions of Americans have no quality healthcare, education is completely broken, and we're sending all of the nations wealth to our enemies. I have no idea if Obama can fix any of that, but I do know that McCain won't make any of that better. I'm not sure that that's snobbery.
- Chrimmus Tad
Don't forget that Republicans were in complete control of the federal government for 4-6 years and in that time they could have easily fixed all of these problems. Bush didn't veto bills until the dems took control. Republicans should have at LEAST fixed one of their big pet problems - immigration. Instead they showed that they were the party of the Big Lie. Their number one claim to fame is the party of fiscal responsibility. They totally failed at that. Giving them another chance is a tragic mistake.
- Chrimmus Tad
I dislike politics, but I wish I could understand what's going on. People are saying on one hand that Obama is fighting nasty with nastier; on the other hand, people are saying he's being too nice. It can't be both!
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
Dems want him nastier, the GOP doesn't want him playing their game.
- Chrimmus Tad
@kristin Yeah, I know. I was going to use a stronger word there, but I did not feel it would be at all appropriate in a public forum such as this one. All evidence to the contrary, I see...
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from twhirl
Seconding Tad. And you just need to take a look at McCain's series of attacks ads to see that his campaign is founded on dishonesty. It always amazes me that the Party most opposed to unions, workplace regulation, public health insurance and Social Security - i.e. the party most opposed to the interests of the working class - is so obsessed with depicting its opponents as 'snobs' and 'elitists'. Staggeringly hypocritical.
- Alexander Carlill
@Alexander First, I apologize for the incorrect spelling. Second, I am not a Republican, do not support McCain as a viable candidate for POTUS, and abhor "talking points." But I ask you, did a "talking point" put Dukakis in the tank, make Kerry go wind-surfing, or even make Hillary down shots at the local bar? These behaviors are out of character, rspectively, with the aforementioned...
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- MVB (Grinch of FF)
from twhirl
Kerry's windsurfing wasn't a populist attempt to make him seem tougher. Quite the opposite - it was genuine behaviour which made him seem "out of touch". And while the Dukakis and Clinton points are valid, they're hardly relevant to their respective executive ability. Furthermore Republicans also regularly distort their image in order to gain votes i.e Bush's 'who would you rather have...
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- Alexander Carlill
@Alexander Fair enough; I'll cede that Kerry probably did wind-surf regularly. The machismo that perplexes and annoys you is, sadly, a fact of life. The average voter in the USA will ultimately choose candidates with whom they feel a commonality. Being "tougher" or more common has absolutely nothing to do with executive ability, as you point out, but it seems to have much to do with winning the average voter. Karl Rove has made a career knowing these things. And this is very disturbing, as we both can agree
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Charles - I would consider a McCain presidency a tragic mistake, yes. 1) 4 more years of anything remotely like what we've had for the last 8 would be tragic, indeed. And 2) If after the Gibson interview, anyone DOESN'T think a "President Palin" would be a "tragic mistake" then frankly, I think they are insane.
- Steve Isaacs
... and I don't think Obama is effette. He did grow up on Southside, one of the country's notoriously rough areas in which to live. Hence the "perhaps" in my first post, indicating that the ill-informed voter, not knowing his background, may see him as he is now: an accomplished speaker, passionate in his ideas and extremely intelligent. But I won't be voting for him, either: too many tax-supported programs for my taste.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
I love how the Republicans and Democrats label this election, and every election, as a critical choice between renewing America and, in the words above, "a tragic mistake." Meanwhile the Constitution Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party, Peace & Freedom Party, and the rest laugh at the McBamas, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, who will pretty much do the same thing with no real, in a word, "change."
- Ontario Emperor
Mark, I like to think that the widespread anti-intellectualism that's being seen is a creation of the Republican party rather than American culture as a whole. I like the US a lot, but politically there are a couple of things about it I find very disturbing. The advantage of European politics is that intelligence and education isn't seen as a negative by the average voter.
- Alexander Carlill
I like tax-supported programs. The effectiveness of the free market at resolving social and economic ills has been greatly exaggerated by economic neoliberals (i.e. most Republicans, a lot of Democrats) over the past few decades - you should check out False Dawn by John Gray, which is an impressive rebuttal of this myth.
- Alexander Carlill
Steve - I'm not sure why you and others keep worrying about a President Palin when she isn't running for President, but I'm not concerned about her after that interview, so feel free to label me insane. It's not the worst thing I've been called online. I don't buy into the "four more years" sales pitch from the Obama campaign. McCain is not Bush. But then again, I'm one of the 30% that still appreciates the job Bush has done. Label me insane again, if you will.
- ComicList
So what's good about the job Bush has done? The failing economy? The torture? The casualties in Iraq? Katrina? Redefining contraception as abortion? The tax cuts for the rich? Vetoing health insurance for children? Ignoring global warming? Restricting stem cell research? Guantanamo? Vetoing veteran care expansion? Suspension of habeas corpus?
- Alexander Carlill
Alexander - Tax-supported programs for some things are appropriate: roads, judicial, military (not a complete list!). Gray's assumption (to me, anyway) is that people will react to some sort of guilt or, said another way, a sense of responsibility for the health and welfare of society as a whole. I take a more "Randian" approach in that I am not responsible to fix problems I did not cause, such as providing education and health-care to someone else's children. Seems we disagree with mutual respect!
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
Mark, the problem with your approach, as I see it, is that it's fundamentally contrary to human nature. Human beings are social animals, not lone wolves, and the whole point of society as I see it is to enable us to support each other. Public education and healthcare (as someone who lives in France I speak with experience of both) are efficient, available to all citizens, and economically beneficial; the Randian approach is nothing short of callous.
- Alexander Carlill
I would prefer to pay slightly higher taxes yearly if it ends up saving someone's life, or granting someone's children better opportunities in life. Society becomes valueless if we all behave selfishly.
- Alexander Carlill
Anyway, do you not think healthcare and education are equally crucial to the economic infrastructure of the country as roads? I don't understand why you would be willing to pay for someone else's road but not for their health.
- Alexander Carlill
If I take care of me and you take care of you, how is that callous? I do struggle with healthcare and education; private enterprise, public, or a combination... I see value all three ways. I am not 100% anti-society, but I am 100% personal responsibility. Difficult sometimes as the lines blur a little. For instance, education: educate someone else's child: "Why should I/" vs. "...and the child becomes a doctor and saves me" See? Blurry.
- MVB (Grinch of FF)
The SNL skit summed it up. Also, it's like a bad relationship. You know you're in it, but you're so afraid to break up with the person for fear of change and the unknown, you'd rather suffer with what you know than what you don't. If middle America mucks this election up, the US should really consider becoming two countries.
- Dana D
The country has become so polarized that the last 3 elections (including this one) have been down to the last state. I think we need a new awakening.
- xero
I miss the days of the winner actually winning by 2/3 majority....
- xero
“I'm tired of both sides of the aisle spreading hate and fuming about hot button issues. I don't want to hear anything about lipstick on a pig, Palin/abortion, Obama being the messiah, and McCain being too old. I want actionable items. I want something that I can believe in...”
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Um, if that's what you're looking for, this is NOT the place to be LOL
- Mona Nomura
lol what is that suppose to mean? okay Got it.
- Kyle Lacy
Kinda long but from Steve Isaacs: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Mona Nomura
There's plenty to believe in if you don't mind being a massive pessimist ;-)
- ·[▪_▪]·
I'm not saying I don't want to talk about it.. I'm saying that all this extreme bullshit is not conducive when it comes to the development of this country. Both sides are guilty of this.
- Kyle Lacy
I can't think of any other way to put this, so here it is: politics isn't about actionable items and it isn't about what's good for the country. My jaded point of view? It's like a magician's trick: our attentions are being focused on the election so we don't pay attention to what the other hand (i.e. the government in power) is doing.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I feel that is more of a conspiracy theory than anything else Tina
- Kyle Lacy
Kyle: Read the entire thread, dude lol.
- Mona Nomura
I'm not saying it's organized or anything. Just that the nit picky election crap distracts us completely from the actual government process: it's the "oooh, shiny!" syndrome. What coverage have you seen of any recent legislation that wasn't slid in between (or tied to) election coverage?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Mona: I'm too ADD
- Kyle Lacy
Ok Kyle, I'll take the bait, what issues matter to you?
- Daltonsbriefs
It's repetition of rhetoric, happens once every four years. 'Discuss' -> vote -> forget -> 'discuss' -> vote -> forget.
- Mona Nomura
A friend and i were talking about this last night. A real problem is getting a message across in an age of short attention spans. So what ends up happening is bursts of outrageous claims. Many times, in the hopes that it doesn't cause people to dig further so they just accept them as stated.
- ·[▪_▪]·
You called for actionable items. They are presented there. But if you don't want to read - then uhhh ok.
- Mona Nomura
I'm reading it right now.. forgive me?
- Kyle Lacy
+1 RobotFace
- Kyle Lacy
Good luck with finding that through all the crap people like to spew about.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Forgive you for what, dork? LOL
- Mona Nomura
McCain was a POW. That's some pretty recent news. :)
- ::Kristen::
lol thanks Kristen @Mona Not reading your link.
- Kyle Lacy
By the by, this is a zero-sum game: only one can win. It's nice to discuss and debate, but there will be one President, from one Party. One must lose. We cannot all get along because, in the end, one group will impose its will on another.
- dkb
@dkblanar imposing will just causes problems. We all have to live together. Good leaders negotiate and compromise to reduce conflict. They don't impose on the losers to simply make them spiteful and angry.
- ·[▪_▪]·
AMEN!
- Jeff P. Henderson
Voting is violence expressed through other means. Considering it as anything else is naive. It would be nice to think there are no winners or losers, but ... there are. The past eight years is direct evidence of how winners profited whilst losers watched, impotent.
- dkb
Congress has been mostly out of session of late, Tina. From what I've heard on NPR they haven't done anything of late.
- Alex Scoble
There's only one side that imposes their will on the other...and I'll let you guess which side I think that is. And I almost started this comment with "actually."
- Alex Scoble
The congressmen and women I met with two months ago said that Bush and his administration is blocking most of their ideas (both republicans and democrats said that). They can't wait to get someone new in.
- Robert Scoble
Alex, what about your local government? If you keep up with local news, how much coverage is your local or state legislation getting in comparison with this one national election?
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
@dkblanar Ever heard of a little thing good sportsmanship? The past eight years are the result of a Rove-inspired divisive party plan. It was intentional and has shown to be a successful strategy to win but disastrous for our Country. To consider it "violence" is perpetuating the issue. It isn't naive to expect that you not push me to the side simply because i came in second place. Next time, you might be the loser. Everything will simply work better when we all work together.
- ·[▪_▪]·
I can't watch the local news...it's just so painful. I get my news from Yahoo news and NPR. And trust me, NPR doesn't just cover the election.
- Alex Scoble
I like my new puppy. She is totally actionable.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Here's my new puppy: http://flickr.com/photos...
- Todd Hoff
Here's my puppy: http://www.flickr.com/photos...
- Oldengrey (Jay)
So cute!
- Todd Hoff
+1 todd
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Kyle: Renewable Energy. Obama leads. McCain votes against it. And also: McCain is old.
- David Lynch
Thing is, I don't truly believe anything any of them say.
- Ian May
The lipstick thing was funny (woops) Tina Fey was funnier
- Charlie Anzman
I vote Republican specifically so that "new ideas" in government are more likely to get vetoed or not funded. Government doesn't solve domestic problems - it's just one group of people who strive to tell everyone else what to do.
- Rob Sterling
@abatchelor and @bfeld and @alizasherman what do you know about Sarah Palin? going to the locals (or part-time locals) for the inside scoop!
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Fred should read FriendFeed and Wonkette
- Jason Carreira
The Adventures of The Flame - The Wrong Door - BBC Three - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Its on BBC3 Tonight 10:30 in the UK, cant wait :)
- Simon Wicks
NBC Olympics: We Don't Care If You Hate Us, You're Watching USA-China Basketball On Tape Delay - http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008...
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The 6 to 8 hour time difference when the Olympics comes to London in 2012 is unlikely to help things much.
- Roberto Bonini
My somewhat ranting take on the same topic - http://is.gd/1lTM
- Stephen Pierzchala
I completely agree. Why would I want to watch it time delayed when I know the results from the net. There is no drama, no suspense, no surprise....
- Mark Reis
But the telecast says 'LIVE' on top right of the screen. Isn't this cheating?
- Nikhil Dandekar
I hate NBC. They aren't putting the Olympics on live. That really sucks.
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How can you not agree with this? Hey, Robert, do you have access to CBC? I've been liking their coverage.
- Patricia F. Anderson
It says "live" in teh corner of my nbc swimfeed
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
WarMaiden: I already know that Phelps won a goal and set a world record but it won't be on here in California until later tonight.
- Robert Scoble
TV is dead. Time delays are dead. In Canada, they don't allow local broadcasting of election results until your region's polls have closed. The Internet has killed that old-fashioned idea. Time delay TV is so 1988.
- Stephen Pierzchala
Aaah, gotcha
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
We hear this every four years, but if you truly want the Olympcs to be live with the 12-hourdifference, be waring to go at 3 a.m. That said, I notice that at least for the East Coasters are getting some of the big events live while us West Coasters have to wait three hours... But we're used to that...
- Chris Reed
CBC is the perfect model. Live, inclusive, no smaltzy profiles, just the sports.
- Kathleen Mazzocco
Ben: are you on East Coast?
- Robert Scoble
Robert, you sure are in a hateful mood tonight..but I am with ya..so carry on.
- Scot Duke
that sucks. here in Detroit we've got the CBC too, although at least on EST, they've had just as much live coverage for the first time since at least '92
- Richard Lawler
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Scot: I hate it cause people are talking about it on Twitter and I can't watch for three more hours. Sigh.
- Robert Scoble
Agreed PC. Their announcers suck, their stupid commercial breaks every 5 minutes suck. Ugh, I want decent coverage of this stuff already.
- Dennis Jackson
I am with ya on the Twitter talk about it. I have been trying to watch it online and that sucks as well.
- Scot Duke
agreed that the CBC coverage has been great so far...too bad they've lost the broadcast rights for the olympics after this year...
- Trent Olson
And it appears NBC may have altered the broadcast of the Opening Ceremony to place TeamUSA in primetime: http://tinyurl.com/5pu92v
- Peter Svensk
I am so angry that I can't watch my friends who are racing over there...I have to read about it and hope for youtube. Not angry. Outraged.
- Andrew Feinberg
And the MSM wonders why people pirate content and feeds....
- Duncan Riley
gee .. like no-one thought this would happen huh .. a corporation re-writing history to help their bottom line .. I am so shocked <GASP>
- Steven Hodson
+1 for CBC
- JT Perry
Have you tried the NBC Olympics site? http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_... Some content is streamed live... you may have to adjust your sleeping habits to can the next round of competion in four hours from now.
- Anthony K. Valley ©
Robert - Yes East Coast, but they are back to recorded gymnastics. "LIVE" is gone.
- Ben Newton
I'm watching it live right now. Is it a west coast thing? There are tons of live events online this year, even practice sessions. Requires MSoft Silverlight but pretty good quality streams.
- Andrew Leyden
I watched the opening ceremony on my TV via Sopcast&Tvants (pc hooked up to TV). Watched it again in HDTV on NBC later that night. This link has all the ways to catch coverage http://howto.wired.com/wiki...
- Andrew Leyden
and you are surprised? at all? honestly?
- Thomas Vincent
I'm watching CBC in Canada. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics Do you think it would be any different if another network was covering the Olympics in the States?
- Phillip Jeffrey
Comcast added two special Olympic channels in the HD section--one for basketball and one for soccer. There is also Universal HD which has some coverage, USA Network, Oxygen, CNBC and MSNBC, and Telemundo. I'd spin around to see if you can find anything live at the moment (I think there is a basketball game on now).
- Andrew Leyden
Have you tried nbcolympics.com? I know they are having some events live. Personally I don't have a problem with the delay. With a choice of the races being broadcast live but not seeing them and being able to see the delay I'll take the delay.
- ChiliMac
Here is a good list of what is on (all times EDT) across all the networks http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv...
- Andrew Leyden
If you want live, unfortunetly the only way is through the web. And they are raw feeds using MS Silverlight. So if your willing to deal with that you can get all of the events in a pop-up window on your computer. : |
- Bluesun 2600
from twhirl
On the West coast in .au we are use to 2hr delay for most sporting events, but not the Olympics. Appears to be live at, least on SBS the "complementary" broadcaster, time to settle down for 3 hours of the womens cycling road race.
- Nick Cowie
whenever the olympics take place on the other side of the world most events aren't shown live. This is not about broadcasting the olympics as a public service. It's about NBC making their money back. You do understand the relationship between ad rates and prime-time, right? The Internet takes away any suspense about the olympics when they are held on the other side of the world. You ain't gonna get live from NBC. Too much money at risk.
- Dave Madison
part of the coverage is live at least on the east coast. there has been some effort to schedule a few important US events in the morning a la Phelps so that they can be seen live on primetime
- Ted
Adding insult to injury, my rather capable PowerPC Mac can't even access the Olympics on nbcolympics.com. It's using an Intel-only version of Silverlight. Trying CBC and other foreign networks online all reject me because of my American IP, and I haven't found a successful proxy server that'll let me stream.
- Kevin Hessel
loving nbc's use of silverlight working awesome on the macbook pro
- adolfo foronda
The BBC have just had to put a bucket into the Olympics studio in Beijing as the roof is leaking!
- Rich
@Kevin Hessel: Thanks for pointing that out. Now I'm not happy with NBC either.
- ChiliMac
try watching CBC channel 99 on Comcast. I just watched USA creamed China in basketball, live.
- ~C4Chaos
NBC focuses too much on the #olympics drama rather than live coverage. bball on primetime? USA already creamed China - http://bit.ly/1cQyX2
- ~C4Chaos
yeah
- accesine
NBC sucks. I started a public email protest here: http://n2.nabble.com/NBC-Oly... - please help to spread the word. If more people work together to get their message to NBC, they will have to act. Blogging and commenting like this are just too scattered and too easy for NBC to ignore.
- weizpub
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I agree. I knew things have been "tense" for sometime but an actual shooting war? Wow, that was a surprise.
- Steve
give them time they are all focused on #080808. They can not be as agile as us. How can they follow the cloud, when the cloud doesn't know where it is going yet.
- Jonathan Ferguson
Isn't anyone thinking of the CELEBRITIES? Damn news media!
- abacab
But that's when it's sensational...
- Clay Newton
the problems Georgia and Russia have been well know for awhile , ever since the Rose Revolution. Kinda why Georgia wants to join NATO , so Russia doesn't invade them....... oh wait
- Carl Backstrom
Looks like we are back into 19th century "spheres of influence" politics. You'd think after the Cold-War everything would have been peachy.
- Stephen James
Its also funny that twitter reports are faster than the AP now.
- The Dude Dean
The Dude - that's nothing new. A mailing list I was on heard about 9/11 before the media did.
- Earle Martin
Dear America. Please fix your country so I can visit it again. - http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2008...
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I am a Canadian living in the US. Crossing back into the US from Canada is sort of like being tagged as an enemy alien. An experience I recommend for anyone. I hate to think what would happen if I came from somewhere really dangerous, like Australia or France.
- Stephen Pierzchala
Oh, we just don't let the French in anymore.
- Jason Carreira
Lifehacker editor Gina Trapani and partner tie the knot - http://www.radaronline.com/exclusi...
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They took advantage of the recent gay-rights decision in California to legalize their marriage.
- Mitch Wagner
@Tad: +2!
- AJ Kohn
I'm with Tad. Someone should put a stop to this. We can't have people being happy together and stuff.
- ha3rvey (just a friend)
Hmm...is there a Tad comment here?
- Hutch Carpenter
Congratulations!
- Stephen Pierzchala
Tad you didn't delete your comment did you? It was great!
- Michelle Marie Miller
I've had several conversations today about gay marriage and at the end of the day, the majority feel as I do. Living is tough enough as it is without finding that one person in life you love and want to share everything with and not being able to do so. No one has the right to deny a mutual expression of love - no one. First Obama - now this? We're on a really good streak of good feelings here about getting past old prejudices. I've got more hope for the future happiness of my daughter than ever before.
- Vince DeGeorge
@Vince. Agreed - I'm a longtime Virginia dude who moved out to San Francisco back in 1996. Having been out here 12 years, my sensibilities on things have certainly changed. I wrote this post "Same Sex Marriage in California - What Change Will We See?" (http://tinyurl.com/5kncrl) as a reflection of that understanding.
- Hutch Carpenter
yes, vince.
- edythe
what Vince said.
- Anthony Citrano
and they'll have to get a refund for their certificate in november.
- Brooks Bayne
Wonderful. Land of the free.
- Tsega Dinka
Congratulations! It is always a wonderful thing to see two people publicly declare their love for each other regardless of what gender they are. This world needs more love, not less.
- Riayn
awww Vince... your last sentence... *sniffles*
- Yolanda
I never thought of Gina about been gay (I am, and I really like Lifehacker). You know, just for that stupid thing that I have had to be used: she is a woman, and can be a freak geek tech superb blogger. Now she is more than that, she is a freak geek tech Diva (for me). Wish her (and spouse) all the best!
- Fran
Marriage is more complicated then UR right2use a public park. Marriage is designed4creating relationships 4human reproduction(which*IS*important).When U demand gay marriage UR asking 4the same benefits as people who need government assistance because they have no choice over their functions(in the same respect U can't help being gay) Children R expensive. Please take sympathy on straight people. I don't hate U! Obama doesn't support GAY MARRIAGE!
- Noah David Simon
Noah, if I understand your post correctly, you're repeating the canard that marriage is the purpose of reproduction. If you believe that, then my wife and I, who do not and never will have children, are not married. If you believe that, then you are invited to perform a marital act on yourself.
- Mitch Wagner
Can someone repeat what Tad said before he chickened out and deleted it? ;) Gina = Wonderful person. Hope to meet her IRL someday.
- Yuvi
Great happiness to you and your partner, Gina.
- Chris Baskind
I didn't delete my comment - I think the original poster thought I was being serious. It was just a sarcastic comment decrying the fact that these two loving people are obviously destroying the very fabric of our society with their happiness. Read this quickly in case Mitch removes it!
- Chrimmus Tad
Dear Mitch - Tad's cool. Despite the evil looking profile pic.
- Yuvi
I'm surprised though cause Mitch is cool and he oughta know I was teasing...
- Chrimmus Tad
I am deeply indebted to Gina for her words on her blog, so it's with that deep gratitude that I wish her a heartfelt congratulations! Let your happiness rock this country's puritanical masses to the core!
- Pete Delucchi
Lifehacker rocks because of Gina! I wish you 2 the absolute best in life and in love!
- Siddharth Deb
Mitch: Marriage *IS* about preparing an environment 4 children... absolutely. That does not mean the environment is ready or maybe it might even be sadly nearly impossible. But as long as it it theoretically possible then marriage should be recommended. People can love each other without marriage (right?), they should even have a right to laws that protect them in cases of death and...
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- Noah David Simon
I didn't delete Tad's message -- at least not on purpose. I know and like Tad -- well, I know him electronically, we're friends on several social networks at this point. Not sure why what he posted here is now gone.
- Mitch Wagner
Noah, sorry, but it isn' "nearly impossible" for my wife and I to have children -- it is *impossible.* Therefore, any definition of marriage which is based on childrearing excludes us and millions of other childless couples. I wish you the best as well -- and that wish includes your getting over your irrational prejudices against homosexuality and realizing that Gina and Terra's marriage in no way hurts heterosexual marriage.
- Mitch Wagner
you accuse me of being irrational, but it is U who have determined 2have a purely emotional reaction. Sarah is considered to be mother of Isaac according to scripture and yet she was barren. Science is not as certain as the tyranny coming from the Blue State fashion police. As for 2women it will not happen without maybe a "Virgin" birth, but in this case I would be willing 2bet that...
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- Noah David Simon
Noah, quoting Scripture is not evidence. You oppose gay marriage because the Bible tells you so? That's fine for you -- but why should those of us who are not Christian be required to follow the rules of your religion? And you have not either showed how gay marriage hurts people -- you simply repeated that it does, several times, and concluded with the assertion that God says so, that's why.
- Mitch Wagner
scripture is not the evidence. it is an example of an exception to the norm. it wouldn't matter if I quoted myth. science is as limited to truth as religion can be and you are very arrogant to think otherwise... the only consistency that I can see is these women will not under any condition be making children together. This is beyond science and religion. the good people who are open minded enough to understand multiple viewpoints on truth will also have enough of a heart to label two women exactly that
- Noah David Simon
you might be able to convince others that the cliff is not there, but the good people will pass legislation otherwise. (regardless of your personal viewpoint of origin and Dasein)
- Noah David Simon
That's so awesome. :) Gina is one of the most intelligent people working in our industry today... no doubt. She must be beside herself with joy.
- l0ckergn0me
my guess is if she is intelligent she will recognize a disruption in the conversation here, unfortunately Intelligence has nothing to do with moral fiber.
- Noah David Simon
Congrats Ladies!!!! :D
- Anna Haro
Wow...reading Noah is like watching a wild animal in it's natural habitat for the first time or perhaps the last remaining small pox virus samples at the CDC. I had read about them, heard about them but wow...seriously? That's what you believe Noah...
- Kamath (नमः)
it isn't a question of belief in conventional form Kamath... it is a question of what is best for a family. again the blue state libel is so lazy... try harder to rationalize your slants. Existential points will not put food in children's mouths. This is about tax dollars going to people who are confusing arrogance with love.
- Noah David Simon
It is bad enough that you are unethical and unloving, but to showboat it to your snobby friends as some kind counter cultural hip trophy is disgusting.
- Noah David Simon
Noah - you are basing this "norm" from biblical days. By the same grounds it seems you would be opposed to interracial marriage because that is against this norm. I truly hope you are not as ignorant as your posts make you seem - but I'm betting against it right now.
- Chris Ridenour
Noah: (1) I do not speak for all the people of the blue states here. This is just me talking (2) Do you actually know any gay people? Any long-standing homosexual couples? (3) I'm still waiting for evidence that gay marriage is harmful -- you claim to have presented evidence, but I've seen none from you.
- Mitch Wagner
I'm speaking from New York. It is a blue state (plenty of gay couples in my town of Poughkeepsie. Vassar college is here) and our insurance rates are through the roof. my life is here, but not having any ability to reach a common moral understanding has left our society broken. The sexual revolution has left us without a workable frame of reference. Lots of confusion
- Noah David Simon
family is the only kind of socialism that works... it works because it takes into account the different elements of the unit effectively. Each member providing a different role and expectation. the 70s and the sexual revolution abrupted this cohesion and we have yet to of found workable models for those who exist outside of the nuclear family. The best evidence is the insurance rates. NON NUCLEAR FAMILIES DO NOT WORK!
- Noah David Simon
Congrats :-) wish you the best!!
- Ronald
Noah, you're not citing evidence, you're just repeating yourself and paraphrasing your claims. I could say that all elephants are purple, and it wouldn't be true no matter how many times I repeated the claim. You claim to cite one piece of evidence -- that homosexuality drives up insurance rates. What evidence do you have to support that?
- Mitch Wagner
Also, your claim that non-nuclear families don't work is contradicted by the millions of people who've grown up to lead well-adjusted lives after being raised by single parents, or adult relatives. Why, one of them is running for President of the United States. You may not like Obama but you have to admit he's an extremely accomplished individual. His non-nuclear family worked.
- Mitch Wagner
your science Dr. Quack has no relevance when dealing with moral fiber. If you have just discovered that it is limiting then you begin to understand the kind if tyrannical oppression Blue State values have defined truth with. you have just put a hole in your own argument. If you can't see a parallel between so called "Red State" and "Blue State" insurance prices then you don't want to...
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- Noah David Simon
When Obama doesn't work for your snobbish tyranny, you will brush him off like you did with Bill Clinton and declare him just another man... but in the end it is *YOU* that have accepted a man who is a liar. As bad as Obama is, he is a better person then you and your ass kissing friends. He is just an animal to you; a pet. Bill Clinton (another man raised without dad) wasn't good...
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- Noah David Simon
Mitch - Noah is a baiting troll and most of us Blocked him quite a while ago. He doesn't actually converse - he just funks up the room.
- Chrimmus Tad
Dear Mitch - Please Block Noah and have peace.
- Yuvi
Noah - Do you keep a pack of paper towels by your computer monitor, or just wipe the angry spittle off your screen with your sleeve?
- Mitch Wagner
that is libel. I put a lot of energy into this thread and I expect better from you then name calling. I brought up a serious issue and the best response you can come up with is a personal attack. This is very ugly and snobbish. I don't hate. you are the haters.
- Noah David Simon
you can't prove very much when it is a sociological question, but it is very easy to prove that what we are doing here in the Blue States is not working by looking at economic conditions like Insurance rates. We can also look at the pure fact that children will not be fed based on the actions here and that people are being hurt by a disbanded boundary. In the same respect if a women's bathroom is ever deemed unconstitutional then it might hurt the fabric of women's lives
- Noah David Simon
Can we prove that men pooping in the same room as women, hurt the women? probably not. But we have seen higher test score from women in same sex schools. It is the arrogance of science to think it can prove such things, and it is how a generation of young men ended up on Prozac... because a bunch of elitists felt their studies were a truth when in fact their studies reflected exactly what they wanted to sell. bullshit. the emperor wore no clothes.
- Noah David Simon
Wondering what the *#@! happened to JCrew? http://thepreppyprincess.wordpress.com
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How Not To Use The Drive Through ATM - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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wow
- Phil G
my first thought was - dang - he's dead! There looked to be a quote from a news article saying though that the occupants managed to get out in time. I sure hope so! The scary thing is that looks like something I might would do!
- Chrimmus Tad
WOW.
- Shawn Farner
That's awesome! People are such morons sometimes. Before whipping around with such a large trailer you should be paying attention to the height markings etc they have posted.
- Jason Shultz
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Jason, he could have easily forgotten he was hauling a trailer. Maybe he'd been driving that truck for a really long time and just recently added the trailer. I can totally see myself doing something like that. I hope I'm more mindful if I'm in that position though!
- Chrimmus Tad
that looks fake... but hol* sh*t...
- Pajama Domain
Wow that was unexpected.
- LiquidLag
That structure was pretty darn shabby if it came down that easily. It should have just shaved off the top of the trailer. Is that the odor of lawsuits I smell?
- Christine Cavalier
holy crap it looks like those people were killed
- Nick O'Neill
Nick - they made it out ok.
- Chrimmus Tad
hard to believe they made it out of there, unless the whole thing is a fake or a stunt. wild video.
- Call me Bronco
What's with this culture of fake where people can't tell the difference between something real and simulacra? Who the hell would spend the time and energy to fake this?
- Rafael Robayna
As Web Traffic Grows, Crashes Take Bigger Toll - http://www.nytimes.com/2008...
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This is great. I remember when I started using AOL about 12 years ago, if a site was down it was annoying, but no big deal. Today, if my favorite social app, online store, or productivity app is down then it can really ruin a day at minimum. If basecamp, twitter, or Amazon goes down when its needed then we are in big trouble.
- Adam Helweh
Today if anything is down I am freaked out. I think the end of the world has come. That's ridiculous!
- Francine Hardaway
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