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Duncan Riley posted a message

“Post the RSS Feed to your blog in the comments. I just set up a FFF folder in GReader and I'd like to fill it + you can share with others”

22 hours ago - Link

Charlie Anzman, Jim Wilkerson, James Mowery, Mike Fruchter and 23 other people liked this

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Lo... - Louis Gray

http://feeds.feedburner.com/sh... - Rahsheen Porter

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http://anthropology.net/feed/ - Kambiz Kamrani

http://feeds.feedburner.com/De... - Glenn Slaven

http://justanotheriphoneblog.c... - Patrick Jordan

http://api.flickr.com/services... - Russellreno

http://sodamndeep.com/feed - Chris

http://thepuckwrites.com/feed/ - Neal Jansons via twhirl

http://www.toboshu.cn/feed/ - Chris Qie

http://feeds.feedburner.com/co... - Anthony Citrano

http://mortonfox.livejournal.c... - Morton Fox

http://edwink.devhd.com/feed - Edwin Khodabakchian - Edwin Khodabakchian

http://www.bwana.org/feed - Bwana McCall

http://www.joedawsons.com/feed... I have a lot of images of my family adventures which get uploaded so I wouldn't subscribe if you don't want that fed into GReader! - Joe Dawson

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ti... - Adamo Lanna

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Th... - David Muir

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ni... - Nick Cowie

http://santo.sh/rss & http://www.santoshgs.com/blog/... - Santosh via twhirl

http://operabouffe.wordpress.c... - can you read Italian? :) - giorgia

http://feeds.feedburner.com/go... - greedy I have two - Nick Cowie

Cool initiative http://www.thebetanews.com/fee... - Dennis Bjørn Petersen via twhirl

http://johnbv2.wordpress.com/f... ... Thanks! - JohnBfromMemphis via twhirl

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ch... - Chris Baskind

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ma... - Matt Hooper

Giorgia, no, but I'm quite capable of using Google translate when the pictures look good :-) - Duncan Riley

keep em coming, so really good reading in this list - Duncan Riley

May I change mine to: http://www.nicefishfilms.com/b... thanks! - Nice Fish Films

Duncan - alrighty, here's my architecture blog's feed too, then :) http://aisforarchitecture.word... - giorgia

There will actually be more of me here, Duncan: http://feeds.feedburner.com/li... - Chris Baskind

Duncan: do you want any kind of blog or specific topic blogs? - Justin Korn

Justin, which ever you'd like to share with me and others. - Duncan Riley

http://lifestreamblog.com/feed... Lifestream Blog - Mark Krynsky

I'm just getting started with my own blog: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ju... - Justin Korn

Flickr RSS to pretty things up: http://api.flickr.com/services... - Justin Korn

http://feeds.feedburner.com/AS... - Bryce

http://feeds.feedburner.com/On... - OnDemand Beat Blog - OnDemand Beat

http://feeds.feedburner.com/wi... - Widgets Lab - Avatar X

http://www.twofishcreative.com... - Michael C. Harris

http://feed.feedburner.com/ern... (Dutch) also http://feeds.feedburner.com/st... /Message - Erno Hannink

http://feeds.feedburner.com/we... - Hao Chen

http://feeds.feedburner.com/St... - Jesse Stay

http://feeds.feedburner.com/co... - Colin Walker via fftogo

http://blog.yuvisense.net/feed - Yuvi

http://thestatbot.com/feed - Yuvi

http://feeds.pirillo.com/Chris... - l0ckergn0me

http://blog.infinitelymeta.com... - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

http://feeds.feedburner.com/mm... - Andy Murdoch

http://whitelabelspace.blogspo... - Steve Allen

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ju... - Julian Baldwin

http://nixonbyname.com/feed/ - Chris Nixon

http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/fee... - Sudar

This is my going to bed mark so I know where to start adding feeds in the morning. keep em coming, and anyone reading this, feel free to add as many people as you like - Duncan Riley

http://whatjamesknows.com/?fee... - James Ferguson

http://www.benparr.com/feed/ , although I'm transforming into a new blog next month, right before the New Media Expo. - Ben Parr

http://feeds.feedburner.com/OT... - James Joyner

http://codingrelic.geekhold.co... though why anyone would want to read it is beyond me. - Denton Gentry

http://www.gearcrave.com/feed/ - william barnes

http://knobee.com/feed/ - Vince DeGeorge

http://feeds.feedburner.com/de... - felix

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Re... - Rob Diana

http://feeds.feedburner.com/In... - Shey

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ge... - andy brudtkuhl

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ki... - Ian May via twhirl

http://bhc3.wordpress.com/feed... - Hutch Carpenter

http://www.makeyougohmm.com/fe... - TDavid

http://www.mediadeluge.com/rss - Christian Anderson

http://feeds.feedburner.com/al... - AJ Batac

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ab... - saeba

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Du... - Eric Berlin

http://icetigercoza.blogspot.c... - Kim via feedalizr

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ma... - Lindsay Donaghe

http://metaroll.tumblr.com/ (English) and http://blog.metaroll.de/ (German) - benedikt

http://feeds.feedburner.com/fp... - Franklin Pettit

http://www.shokk.com/blog/feed - Ernie Oporto

http://codingexperiments.com/f... - possible248

http://feeds.feedburner.com/in... - Allen Stern

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Mi... - Mike Fruchter

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Hi... - Kevin Gamble - Kevin

http://www.eflorenzano.com/blo... - Eric Florenzano

Ripe for RSS Spam :)- - Peter Dawson

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Ja... - James Mowery

http://feeds.feedburner.com/dt... - Dtrizzle

http://www.andydesoto.com/feed... - Andy DeSoto

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ja... - Scott Jarkoff

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Al... - (shhh... i'm a 'she') - jeneane sessum

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Cl... - http://friendfeed.com/rjeffrie... - ron k jeffries

http://feeds.feedburner.com/co... - am I late to be added? - Lou Paglia - Lou Paglia

http://www.travishartwell.net/... - Travis B. Hartwell

http://davemartin.blogspot.com... - Dave Martin

http://feeds.feedburner.com/se... - Charlie Anzman

http://sparkshow.wordpress.com... - Candace Holly

http://feeds.feedburner.com/me... - Millard Baker

http://blog.stealthmode.com - Francine Hardaway

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ch... - Jeff Woelker

http://feeds.feedburner.com/Sa... - Sarah Perez

weird...my entry just did this http://www.flickr.com/photos/7... - Sarah Perez

TDavid shared an item on Google Reader

Don’t Bother With Buying A .me Domain: GoDaddy Blew It.

yesterday at 12:30 pm - Link

Thank goodness GoDaddy isn't the only go to place for registering .me domains. - TDavid

Erin Kotecki Vest posted a message on Twitter

“I'd like you to meet the newest contributor to BlogHer...Michelle Obama http://www.blogher.com/lets-ta...”

yesterday at 9:15 am - Link

Sarah Perez, Nikpay, possible248, Dennis E. Hamilton and 43 other people liked this

Michelle Obama joins BlogHer.com as a contributor! - Erin Kotecki Vest

this is great. really. congrats to Michelle for stepping up and i look forward to reading her thoughts about the upcoming election and related issues. - Harrison Wise

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Sadly, the inaugural post is pretty lame. Nothing but campaigning for her husband. - Alexei Tolkachev

One of the many reasons I'm such a fan of the Obamas - they are so ready and willing to engage on every possible level with voters. Can't wait to read more. - Carla Thompson

@Erin: Never heard of her... Who is she? - Chris Reed

Oh come on Alexei. It's her first post. Many more to come. I know I've changed from my first post-haven't you? - Erin Kotecki Vest

@alexei Beg to differ. Campaigning to get Obama elected is topic A. You don't have to be a kool aid drinker to know we need a regime change. - Michael Markman

I was just hoping it would be more personal and fresh than that. Could have talked about the New Yorker cover, what sights she expects to see in Europe, how the kids are coping with the pressures of the campaign, anything. I will wait for the follow-up patiently. - Alexei Tolkachev

Exactly, Alexei. A speechwriter could've written that post for her it was so impersonal. - Vincent Ferrari

She wrote it. She will also be chiming in on comments. She plans on being a real part of the community. - Erin Kotecki Vest

I don't think anyone said she didn't actually write it, though. - Vincent Ferrari

Might have been the other thread Vincent... - Erin Kotecki Vest

@alexei why talk about the new yorker cover? stirring mud is stirring mud. her post was a goo dintro if you didn't know anything about her, other than she's the wife of the democratic president nominee. - keif via twhirl

hmmm two threads - one by Aaron one by Erin - whose will receive more "likes" and comments? hehe - Marco

always a competition! (and ME, geez) - Erin Kotecki Vest

This is fantastic! BlogHer continues to be an amazing, positive event year after year. Good stuff! - Nathaniel Payne

I look forward to Michelle Obama's thoughts on the campaign/her life. She's a huge asset to Obama's campaign, and I hope her posts won't be too constrained by campaign needs. I'd really love to hear from *her*. - Ayşe E.

@Erin - I originally read as "Michell Malkin." Head nearly exploded. - James Joyner

i hope she will continue posting after her husband was elected :) - Timo Heuer

I don't want to give Erin a +1 on our little impromptu FF competition. But... I agree with both sides. It was a piss poor post (really)... full of campaign speak... but it is her first post, and people do get accustomed. I for one believe that it's really her writing these posts, but frequency of posting will determine that. Plus... if posts only are written around strategic events, then it will play like a political ploy where readers are the baited. - Aaron Brazell

Let's not forget she is trying to get her husband elected. I suspect it will be a bit of both. I do believe she is committed to engaging though. Which excites me. I mean, you are the guys who went nuts over a few congressmen twittering. They were working on getting a message out too you know. - Erin Kotecki Vest

Yeah but only one of those Congressmen are actually Twittering. The rest is their staff. I'm only excited about Culberson. I feel like I'm being played by Ryan, Burton and Blunt. That is what I think most people are referring to. In Culberson's case, he's actually talking to people, and yes he can get partisan - but he's talking. - Aaron Brazell

i've said it before but its worth repeating: its also a little unfair that people demand more impromptu expression for political figures but then jump all over the slightest error in phrasing that is bound to occur. I promise you that candidates are always looking for ways to express themselves more clearly but when anyone can take a 5 second sound bite with no context whatsoever and turn it into a salacious and viral you tube video it gives candidates a huge incentive to stay "on message" - Marco

@Erin: Which congresspeople are twittering? Any senators? - Alexei Tolkachev

@aaron and so is Michelle. So I'm excited...lol. #suckit - Erin Kotecki Vest

Sounds good but left me feeling they were not her own words. Like she was speaking what we wanted to hear rather than what she really feels. It's too bad Mrs. Obama hasn't been posting on her own blog regularly and instead chose to be a contributor at Blogher to share these messages. Too bad she couldn't reference past posts written on her own blog BEFORE she was on the campaign trail. That hurts her credibility somewhat in this instance, I'm afraid. - TDavid

@tdavid she wasn't a blogger before this. We approached her to become one. And now she is. So I am confident like many of us learned how to blog, she will as well. - Erin Kotecki Vest

Erin - I know, that's my point. She should have started her own blog first and she would sound a heckuva lot more believable. - TDavid

I trust you will point her in the direction of a perfect laptop :-) - Richard Binhammer

lol Richard - Erin Kotecki Vest

I'm glad to see this, Erin -- and congrats. But that first one read like a campaign pitch. She should be told that. - Chris Baskind

TDavid posted an entry on Things That ... Make You Go Hmm

Metallica Death Magnetic album art released at MissionMetallica.com

yesterday at 10:29 am - Link

Must admit I'm liking what Metallica is doing online with promoting and sharing their music with fans today. Yes, some if it even for FREE. Doesn't erase them being jerks in the past, but it's a good start. - TDavid

Wil posted a message on Twitter

“Whoohoo! Registered two .me domains: wil.me and waka.me”

yesterday at 8:55 am - Link

Mike Fruchter and Metin liked this

where did you register them? - Robin Barooah

try godaddy.com -- i got excuse.me sue.me and meme.me - Andy Sternberg

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http://www.godaddy.com is where you can pick them up. - Jon-Paul Bussoli

errrr... my order "processed" but my .me domains still show up as available and aren't in my account. You smell, GoDaddy. - Andy Sternberg

not good - I just 'bought' 3 domains through godaddy. They've taken the money (though paypal), but none of them appear in either whois or godaddy's own system as belonging to me. Whois though dynadot shows two of them already registered to others. - Robin Barooah

all my buys FAILED according to GoDaddy. sux0rz - Andy Sternberg via twhirl

Both of the ones I registered failed. Godaddy ftl. - Gabe Wachob via twhirl

mine too. I will never use godaddy for anything again unless there is absolutely no alternative. The only consolation is that the whois (from dynadot) shows that the domains were registered days ago - so godaddy didn't actually lose me the domains - just wasted my time. - Robin Barooah

Alternative registrars for .me http://www.domain.me/index.php... - TDavid

GD sucks.. damnit, thought i had a good one. - Tim Hoeck via NoiseRiver

@andys I wanted meme.me! You beat me to it. BTW didn't you go through the landrush auction for that? - Wil

I quite fancied cre.me... Pretty much all the obvious ones are gone, text.me, kiss.me etc etc. Aren't ICANN opening up TLDs to be anything anyway - what's the point in buying them until that happens? - Richard Bradshaw

cre.me is not available but is not in the whois; it's probably on auction (as part of the land rush process) - Wil

Being in the domain name industry, there is no excuse for the screw-ups that Godaddy had. Especially not when they are the registry themselves. http://blog.searchenginewatch.... - Wil

Dibs on mii.me - Geoff Schultz

will - I got denied meme.me and the five others i thought i registered... posted about it here: http://netzoo.net - Andy Sternberg via twhirl

how did you get excuse.me. i know 8 people who tried to get that and they were denied. - faboo mama

@andys yeah I realized when I saw your later comments that you were probably in the same boat as those who went with GD. GD sux - Wil

I pre-registered wil.me and keitai.me with Dynadot but they failed to grab the latter for me. - Wil

fwiw, i've decided to use gandi.net for such registrations - good price service and used by the EFF - Andy Sternberg via twhirl

Julian Baldwin posted a message

“When is the last time you took a day off work?”

yesterday at 10:37 am - Link

Andrés David Aparicio, edythe, Mike Fruchter, Andrew Badera and Jim Kukral liked this

Last Tuesday. - Rubin Sfadj

I can't remember the last day that I didn't do -something- that had to do with work. - Bradley McSpinn

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I'm taking a half day today... - Chris Reed

Last Friday - Mike Doeff

Besides the long weekend we just had? - Shey

end of last snowboard season but will be taking a week off in august - mike "glemak" dunn

A few weeks ago, went fishing. I try to do once a month. - Jim Kukral via twhirl

Take time out to do fun things every day and try to go AFK at least a couple times a month. Being self-employed is a great thing in this regard. - TDavid

Tell me more of this "off" ... - Andrew Badera

In may took a month off from work due to my daughter being born. - Mike Fruchter

like: andrew's :) - mike "glemak" dunn

Last November. It's tough when you're a contractor and don't get paid for days off. - Mark Krynsky

never fully "off" but sometimes "mostly off", last time was sunday - Scott Lockhart

@andrew off means you did no work related to your career, instead you may have got caught up elsewhere or had fun - Julian Baldwin

yesterday... I went with my wife and some friend for a hike in the moutains. It's important to leave work from time to time. - Andrés David Aparicio via twhirl

TDavid shared an item on Google Reader

Wordpress 2.6 breaks index.php permalinks

yesterday at 10:13 am - Link

Wordpress upgrades are starting to feel like DOWNgrades. - TDavid

Jason Wehmhoener posted a link

Clickable Culture - Electric Sheep Builds Its Own Flock

yesterday at 7:22 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

mike "glemak" dunn liked this

"TechCrunch reports on the release of WebFlock, a hosted, in-browser virtual world service offered by The Electric Sheep Company. Formerly Second Life-obsessed (weren't we all at one point), the company brought a number of major brands into the overhyped virtual world (such as Major League Baseball, LEGO, and Starwood Hotels). Now, the Sheep have cut out the middle-world by starting up their own. Because WebFlock is Flash based, it's accessible by over 90% of the web browsers out there: in other words, everyone can get in easily (unlike the recently-launched Google Lively, which requires a large plugin download and only runs on Windows-based PCs running Internet Exploder). Gotta like low barriers to entry." - Jason Wehmhoener via Bookmarklet

I'm not sure about this one. The answer to one closed world is to create branded closed worlds. Am I missing something here? - TDavid

It's actually *even more closed* (which is the attraction, gives brands control). It's also Flash based, which makes it more accessible to a wider demographic. - Jason Wehmhoener

Dave Winer posted a link

OK, Jason Calacanis is a putz and a Rudy Giuliani wannabe, but every once in a while he says something that's right. Blogher fans should formulate an answer to...

Wednesday at 5:32 pm - Link

Bindu Reddy, Graham Garland, Thierry R. Andriamirado, americanm and 5 other people liked this

This is going to make me very unpopular but, *Like* - Paul Short

Bonus points for Dave labeling Calacanis a "putz" - TDavid

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bonus points for saying Jason is right about something - Steve Gillmor via twhirl

There is tool called search that might lead you to the answer to this question since it has been covered multiple times to include Jason himself being answered directly in the past. - Michael W. May via twhirl

Jason flip flops? Today I blog tomorrow I do not want to blog! Now to blog or not to blog that is the question! LMAO - Igor The Troll

What about bonus points for Rudy Giuliani!!?! - Dave Winer

nah, bonus points for the Yiddish - Thomas B via NoiseRiver

bonus points for 'he says something'! - Thierry R. Andriamirado

http://bit.ly/2pijzw - Dave Winer

MakeYouGoHmm: TDavid posted a link

LiveMetallica.com | Download Metallica March 28, 2004, Key Arena, Seattle, WA MP3 FLAC

Wednesday at 11:47 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Key Arena show I attended in FLAC or MP3 - TDavid via Bookmarklet

TDavid posted a link

Dembot - More Videoblogging

Wednesday at 11:00 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Hmm, wonder what this is about: "I’m SO READY to get the details of this news out to you and start talking about it because I believe its an unprecedented deal for a business like Rocketboom and stands to open up a lot of discussion." - TDavid via Bookmarklet

Aaron Brazell posted an entry on Technosailor

Thoughts on Jason Calacanis and Walking Away From It All

Tuesday at 10:51 pm - Link

Jason is about as 'retired' as Brett Favre. Wait until he has something on Mahalo to promote and he'll be back. What will the 'JasonNation' think? What a crock. Don't take the bait, Aaron. - TDavid

TDavid shared an item on Google Reader

Holy Crud! It Turns out Yoda was Luke’s Father.

Monday at 11:32 am - Link

Wasn't Mark Hamil in a car accident? That's not just aging. - TDavid

TDavid posted a message on Twitter

“Thinking about adding "You can read the rest of this blog post" to trackback ban phrase list.Too many splogs using this link text. Thoughts?”

Monday at 10:55 am - Link

Going to add an exact match title too. If they are copying your post title verbatim, they are up to no good. - TDavid

Ben Hwang added a movie to Netflix

XXXholic: Vol. 2: Second Collection

Monday at 10:20 am - Link

LOL "In exchange for her services, Kimihiro agrees to take a job working in Ykko's shop until he's earned enough money to pay her back for her magical powers." - TDavid

MakeYouGoHmm: TDavid posted a link

Appleton woman jailed after claim of rat in food | Postcrescent.com | Appleton Post-Crescent

Monday at 8:59 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Lestatt http://friendfeed.com/lestatt says he knows the husband of this woman pretty well. - TDavid

Muhammad Saleem dugg a story on Digg

9 Women Arrested After Oral Sex Competition

Monday at 9:10 am - Link

Yuvi, Dobromir Hadzhiev and Erhan Erdogan liked this

I want to see the video! Who won? LOL - Igor The Troll

STORY MORAL: Beware Brits On Holiday! - Toby Graham

Brits On Holiday was something to beware of since Brits first started taking vacations. - Amit Morson

Do not trust Greeks baring gifts! LOL - Igor The Troll

Hmm, that blows! ;) - TDavid

Dobromir Hadzhiev posted a link

Smoking is 'good for your memory and concentration'

Monday at 8:12 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

who knew? between this and wine being good for you, soon you'll be able to smoke and drink your way to a long, healthy life! - felix

not buying it for now, but who knows as for wine - it's proven having a glass of wine is quite a good habit - Dobromir Hadzhiev

"Experts are developing drugs that copy the active ingredients in tobacco that stimulate the brain without causing heart disease, cancer, stroke or addiction." I say for smoking itself the downsides outweigh the benefits. =P - Jake (aka Jawee)

i think this is a tough sell. - Cee Bee

I'll forget I ever read this. - Jason Kaneshiro

This quote is all one needs to read from the article: "However, the deadly side effects of cancer, stroke and heart disease, mean its benefits have been neglected by medical research." - TDavid

TDavid posted a link

vonnegutSTYLE

Monday at 8:58 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Strunk and White would be proud. - TDavid via Bookmarklet

Jeremiah Owyang posted a message

““LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS? The fact that there is life on planet earth means one of two absolutes: 1) We are unique and this perfect condition only occures here and now 2) The universe is nearly infinite in solar systems and time, there is life here, there is life elsewhere. Do you agree with 1 or 2?”

Monday at 7:22 am - Link

Larry Lawfer, Sonciary Honnoll, AJ Kohn, Susan Beebe and 10 other people liked this

I go with response 2: (I'm sure someone will make up an option 3 and 4). My only caveat is that life will not represent anything as we know it, the beings will have evolved for their particular environment. - Jeremiah Owyang

#2 - Hutch Carpenter

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Has to be 2. For this to be the only planet in the entire universe in the whole of history to have ever had life is ridiculous IMO - Colin Walker via fftogo

Option 3 that someone somewhere else is going to make. - Yuvi

I'm with you in the "2" camp. A near-infinite universe offers nearly infinite possibilities for life elsewhere IMO. - Kevin C. Tofel

the universe can be finite and have another planet that has a life in it. can't it?. - jokerred

I believe that there are at least small microorganisms on other planets, but no advanced life. At least not at human level. - Jake (aka Jawee) via twhirl

I am taking number #2 - orionstarr

Yes life occurs in places throughout the universe. - Jay Martin

#2 for sure. - shelisrael1

seems like it has to be #2. mathematically speaking it's SO improbable that we are 'alone' - Jeremy Toeman

#2 is more likely - Sally Church

I started thinking about this after I read a Stephen Baxter novel. I'd recommend checking out the Fermi Paradox for all kinds of mind-exploding explanations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F... - Mike

#2 also provides for a vastly more interesting universe. That's where I'd put my flag. - Steve Spalding

Does "life" have a definition for this question? - Brian Sullivan

there is not a chance we're all alone in the universe #2 I'm a believer - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Despite the lack of evidence, I have faith. #2 - Ken Sheppardson

#2, hell they'll probably discover some type of life on mars. - felix

2 - Michael Markman

Definitely option number 2 - Marc Dierens

The Truth is Out There - #2 - George Smith

I have to agree with #2 many other planets have life probably much more advanced than ours...Mars has water!....plus don't you watch x-files? - Larry Lewis

#2 - after all, why not? - Royce Mathew via twhirl

2, although if we run into any advanced lifeforms in my lifetime, I will be very surprised - Deepak

I'm certain there is life on another planet. And let's not forget parallel dimensions. - TDavid

For the sake of the rest of the universe, I hope that we are unique. - Paul Denlinger

A Paul Denlinger, if they are like us, they could be self-destructive. - Jeremiah Owyang

2. No doubt. - Harvey Simmons

While I can't say for certain, I would place all my money on option #2. - Michel Savoie

There are lots of other solar systems, and just in ours, we have one hit and two near misses. #2 ftw. - Eric Hamilton

I'll take option 2. The funny thing is that while I don't need any proof to believe and accept the probability of life outside our planet, I DO have the hardest time reconciling the concept of God (or gods) prevalent in various religions. Yet with all of the sci-fi/fantasy and various religious stories created throughout the ages, there has to be some additional presence. Why am I accepting of it in a sci-fi context and not in a religious one? - Sally Robinson

There's no logic to No. 1.... That said, while I subscribe to No. 2, I think intelligent life is still a diamond in the rough. I don't think we're going to go to every star in our neighborhood and find playmates. I actually like the dramatization done on Galactica where they go to plenty of worlds, see lots of plants and other creatures but never run into other intelligent beings like themselves.... It's a big universe.... - Chris Reed

Put me in the #2 camp. Very arrogant to believe that we are it. - Steve

#2, agree with Steve - Dom

"The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding In all of the directions it can whizz As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know, Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is. So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure, How amazingly unlikely is your birth, And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space, 'Cause there's bugger all down here on Earth." Monty Python, The Galaxy Song. - Colin Walker via fftogo

#2, for sure. In an infite universe we are unique? such arrogance - Sarah Perez

I think this is a false dichotomy. Perhaps the universe is not infinite, just very very big. It's still possible that other life exists. How about the idea that the physical properties the whole universe are well-suited for life and that this itself is somewhat miraculous? - Dan Kaplan

Dan Kaplan, true. I said 'nearly' infinite as I'm not sure either. - Jeremiah Owyang

#2, but due to the huge distances in space I find it highly unlikely we'll ever find life elswhere. - Jason Kaneshiro

#3 - "Life is an illusion; lunchtime doubly so" - Douglas Adams - Mark Dykeman

I agree with #2 and #1. In an infinite universe, chances for same conditions on another planet which enabled life on earth are high. After origin of life, unique conditions of earth, and its environment, caused specific species and adaptations to survive but not others. Chances of all these variables being present exactly as such in another planet are less probable. - Pre Priyadarshane

#2, but life may not have always existed, nor will it always exist. - Mike Reynolds

Life is plentiful - RAPatton

#2. For the Biblical scholars, try John 10:16. - Louis Gray

I am really trying not to snarkily point out the Flying Spaghetti Monster as a priori proof of #1. - Clay Newton

Louis: thanks, ok I am reading John 10:16 http://www.blueletterbible.org... - Susan Beebe

#2 for sure. - AJ Kohn

#1 - Tyler

Definitely #2!! - Dominique

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