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Kevin, Daniel Rowley, Valley and 146 other people liked this
i love this :)
- Hayk H.
me too, hayk. :)
- Mona Nomura
Mona :)
- Hayk H.
geeky comics, i likey!
- imabonehead
heh
- Charlie Anzman
Yar!
- Jay Wiegmann
awesome!
- Harold Green
heck yes :)
- Mona Nomura
this one never gets old
- Lindsey is Fierce!
*chuckles*
- Kamath (नमः)
what an idea
- macro
Sorry for all the bumpage, people. I'm using "search" for the first time ever.
- Mona Nomura
Chrome a serious challenger in browser battle - International Herald Tribune - http://www.iht.com/article...
LouCypher, Kol Tregaskes, Renchin(Reina)Wang and 8 other people liked this
I'm always curious why Opera is hardly ever mentioned in these browser wars and, if it is, it's usually as a footnote.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What market share does it have compared to the others? I always wonder that, too...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
great image
- mjc
Opera's market share is lower than all 4 shown, but is still my browser of choice (heck, I even paid for it way back when).
- Jay Wiegmann
Brendan Witt Should Be Suspended For This Headshot [VID] - http://digg.com/hockey...
"The elbow positioning could possibly be explained if he'd had a stick - lifting an arm to pull the blade in close as he neared the boards. Without that though, he may as well have thrown a knee check. He was in the wrong position, without a stick, and reacted improperly - endangering another player. We all know extremities will go flying along the boards, but not with open ice speed. Five games will likely be enough to help prevent this sort of thing. It's comparable to the Rick Tocchet knee checking suspensions."
- Jay Wiegmann
Alabama Senator Implies Skepticism of Obama's US Citizenship - http://digg.com/politic...
"He's the senator from Alabama, not Illinois. Corruption jokes belong to Illinois while incest, hick, and redneck jokes belong to Alabama. Geography education in this country has apparently gotten worse than I thought."
- Jay Wiegmann
Alabama Senator Implies Skepticism of Obama's US Citizenship - http://digg.com/politic...
"This was one moonbat answer to an idiot question. If Sen. Shelby wanted to actually communicate his financial message (since he's voted against the various bailout bills whenever presented and all), he COMPLETELY lost all credibility by even responding to an idiot question regarding the president's citizenship."
- Jay Wiegmann
We already have healthcare rationing... [video] - http://digg.com/health...
"The definition of rationing used here (contrary to the normal definition where access to a commodity is limited by legislation) is irrelevant. Is healthcare provided for those who pay for it? Yes. Is healthcare legally prohibited to those without the money to pay for it? No. There is no rationing. Is the next right cable TV? Not everyone can afford that, and those that cannot don't have it. Surely those who cannot pay MUST have the same 500 channels of noise as those who can. Right this injustice today! Universal Cable TV MUST be made law! No, the absence of cable television will not result in death or other injury, so the scale is different. The principle is the same though."
- Jay Wiegmann
Bailout Fails! - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Jay Wiegmann, Nick Rae, Marcel Weiß and 4 other people liked this
if someone says maverick one more time i'm going to scream
- Caroline
maverick ----- wait for it ------- :-)
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- Caroline
i hate you
- Caroline
I just realized what an idiot Ron Paul is from this
- Jesse Stay
I still disagree with his gold standard thoughts, but otherwise, he's right on this one.
- Jay Wiegmann
Right on? He just said we've been in this situation many times before. He's an idiot - this nation has *never* lost so much in one day on the stock market in its entire history. Also, "500 or 600" - we lost near 800 points! Does he even realize that?
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
And this is one of the guys we voted to be able to vote on such a crucial bill.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
"What we need is more freedom, not more government." hmmmm... interesting perspective. @Jesse: What makes you say that?
- Mona Nomura
A lot of his viewpoints are reflective of the constituents he represents in TX. Outside of that, and the gold standard he harps on, he's very much right on. Adding to my stream...
- Helen Sventitsky
Mona, I'm just quoting Ron Paul in the video. He says this happens all the time. He has no clue and is completely wrong in that fact.
- Jesse Stay
from twhirl
This is Why I'm Still Voting for Ron Paul - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Siddharth Deb, Helen Sventitsky, tinypants - Hagitha of FF and 4 other people liked this
Except for his stand for a wholly gold standard, Paul's one of the few remaining true believers from "the Chicago school of economics". We need more of them.
- Jay Wiegmann
That was beautiful.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
This is the Reason I've Always Been a Ron Paul Supporter - http://friendfeed.com/e...
Dimitar Vesselinov, Ken Stewart | ChangeForge, heather ♥s fauns on mars. and 6 other people liked this
All you fools who followed Obama or McCain are so far out of the loop, it's not even funny...
- l0ckergn0me
As i said earlier, let's just crown him freakin' King and move on!
- Internet's Tad
I wish he'd gotten the GOP ballot... I would have voted for him... Just the satisfaction of getting rid of the IRS would have been worth it.
- Lindsay
I'm still voting for him, Lindsay. I've *ALWAYS* believed he was the only serious candidate.
- l0ckergn0me
You are supporting a person who has no, none, zip, zero chance of ever becoming president and we are the ones who are out of the loop? Stop smoking the Seattle green, Chris.
- Alex Scoble
I don't care for being called a fool but I am glad he is standing up and saying what needs to be said. He is completely correct on free markets and government meddling. He doesn't stand a chance of winning and I'll gladly vote for McCain.
- Keith - @tsudo
You're writing in a vote Chris?
- Internet's Tad
Is your goal to be right and rub our noses in it... or fix the problem?
- Brian Roy
I wish he'd have accepted Bob Barr's offer to be VP (I don't know that he's rejected either now that I think of it).
- Jay Wiegmann
“Alex - I'd rather vote my beliefs than vote for the person I believe has a chance of winning. What does that say about *ME*, sir?”
- l0ckergn0me
Brian - my goal is to speak my mind, and believe that I'm right. If I happen to be able to do both simultaneously, I'm even more happy. It's too late to shove the shit back in the horse, and "fixing the problem" is going to take longer than I think Americans are anticipating.
- l0ckergn0me
I like most of what Ron Paul stood for, but unfortunately he is too fringe for enough people to listen. Maybe with dramatic events somebody like him will be a viable choice going forward.
- TDavid
It says you are smoking crack and need to get yourself to the Betty Ford clinic. Voting for him is like an accountant playing the lottery. It...just...doesn't...make...sense.
- Alex Scoble
Chrome fades as users return to IE, Firefox - http://www.computerworld.com/action...
Jordi Soler, Chris Luckhardt and Kol Tregaskes liked this
I've been back on Firefox for more than a week. Didn't flip the "be my default browser" switch, and when I clicked on a link, Firefox opened, and that's been that ever since. And yeah, FFox has crashed a few times in between, and I just muscle-memory-reached for the FFox icon on my desktop, purely out of habit. Hrm...
- abacab
still using Chrome and quite happily so
- Steven Hodson
I'm on Linux so I'm stuck on Chromium. Still waiting for the add-ons, but Firefox is still my default browser. I just thought it was interesting to see the mob mentality on this after the dust has settled, somewhat.
- Helen Sventitsky
I am quite happy about Chrome right now,but I hate to go to Firefox everytime when I only need to watch some video on Youtube,because flash doesn't work well in Chrome.
- Steve Chou
Don't get me wrong, if FFox crashes again (and it will), and I happen to catch myself and open Chrome instead of default-opening FFox, it will again be a week without FFox instead. I'm still very much in the "all browsers suck" camp.
- abacab
I'm really liking Chromium, I just need to figure out how I broke flash.
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Flash's still my issue... but it is my default browser for 2 weeks now that I'm on bookmarklets + greasemetal. I recommend Shiretoko Alpha 2 for all one-legged FF users... light, on my USB drive, addons are beginning to be compatible. (as I'm saying for some time, ubiquity/scribefire/noscript and I'm in heaven)
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Used Chrome for a couple of days, then I got tired of the sad tabs.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Still using Chrome right now and I won't go back to Firefox...
- Steve Chou
Still really love Chrome, in general. It's so much faster for me than FireFox. However, I'm still having flash issues, so if I want to watch a video (which for me is rare), I use firefox.
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
While Chrome still isn't my default, it's certainly taken Firefox's #2 slot very quickly. There's just not much to make me stop using Opera, but anything's possible in an infinite world.
- Jay Wiegmann
Wow, gas prices are cheap! - http://geeks.pirillo.com/xn...
Gas? All we have here are lines, empty pumps, and panicy drivers.
- Jay Wiegmann
animusic on Yahoo! Video - http://video.yahoo.com/watch...
It may not be new to you, but it is to me, and that means something somewhere to someone.
- Jay Wiegmann
from Bookmarklet
brilliant.
Vahid۹Online, Alexandru Savu, (jeff)isageek and 34 other people liked this
Awesome XD
- MustaBR
LOVE IT! . . . except the pepsi part
- Lindsey is Fierce!
Lately, I switched over to Diet Pepsi instead of Diet Coke... So weird but I like Pepsi now!
- Mona Nomura
Mona! No! Say it isn't so!
- Josh Haley
I knew that was how the mixes were made! I only drink regular Pepsi (I'm trying to quit...but I can't)
- Joe Pierce
The real question is what pisses in the regular Pepsi products to make them taste so bad.
- Cyndy
HA. But don't hate on Pepsi, Cyndy! I'm a recent convert. Diet Cherry Pepsi ftw!
- Mona Nomura
diet anything = gross
- mjc
still a brilliant ad.
- mjc
So THAT's what they mean when they sing.. "put the lime in the Coke!"
- Daynah
I KNEW these new 'flavor infusions' had some evil secrit behind them. Do I want to know how "wild cherry" gets into drinks? Great ad, but I'm in Coke country - Pepsi's almost considered a curse word.
- Jay Wiegmann
Bob Barr: Federal Drug War is a Failure that Must be Fixed - http://digg.com/politic...
"This is a first for me. I'm actually digging a story from huffingtonpost.com because I can, also for the first time, AGREE whole heartedly with something posted there."
- Jay Wiegmann
Heh I "recruited a friend" in WoW. I am my own best friend.
All that just fo a zebra?
- Jay Wiegmann
Foamy - Squirrel Songs - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Percival, Arnaud Fischer, Mol, Santa Claws and 3 other people liked this
If you hate curse words and angry squirrels, don't watch this one.
- Veronica
Squirrelly Wrath!
- Jay Wiegmann
It said it's unavailable. YouTube proabably was forced to take it down. I love Foamy. :)
- Mol, Santa Claws
whaaa! but i just watched it! that's odd....
- Veronica
what do you say about the psychology/
- mark
I'm ok! I stopped. Dropped. And rolled.!
·[▪_▪]·, Cecil Sandus, Mo Kargas and 13 other people liked this
Mona knows how to get down. ;-) Glad you're OK. Any obvious damage?
- Chris Baskind
Video re-enactment of your maneuver, please ;-)
- Far
None that I know of, except for one revelation: I'm addicted to FriendFeed...
- Mona Nomura
I'm over here doing the funky chicken, just happy you're okay!!
- Cheryl Allin
from twhirl
was the crack addict there? That would have been fun to watch...
- Pete Delucchi
I thought it was, say no, then go tell. I'm so confused
- Jay Wiegmann
LOL on loving Friendfeed. When the first tornado came during Gustav, I jumped into the hallway with my pets and my iPhone and immediately posted. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
When the Chino Hills quake hit, I got under my cubicle desk fairly quickly.
- Ontario Emperor
In '89, I was playing soccer outside and thought my mom forgot to pick me up LOL
- Mona Nomura
didja spill your drink? Whew, so glad you're okay!
- Cheryl Allin
from twhirl
I was sitting in front of my computer LOL
- Mona Nomura
For fire: run, scream and hug; don't go to the burn ward alone. :)
- Robert Hafer
More like: Grab my laptop and peripherals! Gotta save my treasures! ;)
- Mona Nomura
brb, gotta go check on my neighbors' dogs
- Mona Nomura
McCain vs Obama Wordle Style - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Chuck, Tony, Roberto (gravitazero) and 43 other people liked this
I took John MCain's acceptance speech from last night's Republican convention and compared it to Barack Obama's acceptance speech from the Democratic convention and made wordles of each. John McCain's wordle is on top, Barack Obama's is on bottom. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos...">Best viewed large here.</a>
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
Poli Sci 101 via Wordle.
- Russellreno
What worries me is that the word 'freedom' isn't big enough to see in either one.
- Jay Wiegmann
I thought the word I and me would show more prominently in McCain's wordle. Fight is clearly visible.
- Russellreno
interesting to see a few prominent word differences. McCain: fight, government, world, make. Obama: promise, time, new. Also interesting, in keeping the Palin-Biden wordle comparisons, that the Democrats mention McCain a lot in their speeches by name but the Republican's rarely mention Obama by name at all. Both seem to mention country, America, and Americans alot.
- Thomas Hawk
I could tell who's Wordle was who's as soon as I looked at it.
- cecily
Obama is into McCain, but McCain is into Americans and the Country. hmm. Obama has America and American very large, but Americans is small? It just seems to me like Obama wants to tear us apart and McCain wants to fight for America. I know who Americans will vote for... not the guy who obviously hates them
- Noah David Simon
I think it is interesting how prominent the word "promise" is in the Obama one. Is he doing a lot of criticizing of other's promises or is he making a lot of his own?
- Kenton
@Kenton: Neither really. The usage was more in line with " indication of future excellence or achievement"
- AJ Kohn
excellence in tearing the other guy apart because he wants to fight for America? no thanks Obama
- Noah David Simon
looks like McCain doesn't make promises he can't keep
- Zach Chisholm
Fight for *some* of America it seems. And not fight and win at all costs in Iraq and hey, step off Iran and Russia we got some for you too. No thanks. I'll fight to get our economy back (which is directly related to the war), and eduction, and health care and equal rights. Oh, I'll fight alright.
- AJ Kohn
there's a 'war' inside Obama's 'promise'
- Mister Groonk
from twhirl
McCain = Toby Keith lyrics / Obama = Bob Dylan lyrics
- Michael W. May
FOR AKIVA: BECAUSE FF IS MORE THAN THE RNC AND RELIGION
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Nia, Lisa L. Seifert, ha3rvey (chee-la-key-les) and 19 other people liked this
So please stick around tonight!!
- Mona Nomura
I'm with ya! I ain't goin' nowhere!
- Akiva Moskovitz
NO MORE POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS BITTERNESS!
- Mona Nomura
Duh, FF is also about bacon!
- Jay Wiegmann
I JUST ATE AN APOLITICAL AND NON-CONTENTIOUS MANGO
- Akiva Moskovitz
Eventually, someone will post a picture of a bacon wrapped mango.
- Rochelle
I need to go to the flea market and photograph some mangoes in the wild.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I'M EATING MANGO GELATO WITH NO BACON!!!
- Mona Nomura
Mona, I'm trembling, salivating, and perspiring just thinking about mango gelato.
- Pete Delucchi
Pete: It is PURE heaven. :)
- Mona Nomura
I like strawberries better, hope they go well with bacon. hmmmmm... :D
- Ron
I WANTS some.
- Pete Delucchi
They are all looking forward to a better day, those mangoes.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
Bush Has a Good Economic Record - WSJ.com - http://online.wsj.com/article...
I'll admit, I was a bit shocked by this, but by these numbers I can't disagree.
- Jay Wiegmann
from Bookmarklet
“Can you guys live without Firefox add-ons just to jump ship to Chrome?” - http://friendfeed.com/e...
kang, mjc, Yolanda and Jay Wiegmann liked this
As an "Opera first, FF 2nd" person, I don't use many add ons at all, so it's less of an issue for me.
- Jay Wiegmann
I'll live for now. =) I won't use Chrome exclusively tho of course I'll be back & forth to Firefox.
- ChaCha Fance
I'm not quite ready yet to jump the Firefox ship. Chrome is a great browser from what I've seen so far, faster than Firefox and much less of a memory hog, but I need my extensions, particularly Firebug and Greasemonkey.
- Ray Metzen
Guess what, you guys -- Well Windows folks :\ http://www.google.com/chrome :)
David Young, Amber, Random Time Lord, John Cooper and 7 other people liked this
Playing with it now...
- Andy Davies
Screen caps? I just signed up for email notification for MACs LOL
- Mona Nomura
So far, I like it... it's not Opera, but it'll do (I miss z and x for back and forth)
- Jay Wiegmann
enjoying it now!
- Morgan
Just saw it too. Downloading... I don't think tabs on top is a good idea. It looks kinda cool but doesn't make sense that it's farther from the page since tabs are second in importance behind the page content for my browsing. I like the address bar also being the search. I wish FF3 had done that.
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is it as fast as you thought? OMG NO FAIR
- Mona Nomura
+1 Nicerobot. Flouts a lot of Windows Conventions, but atleast 'looks' like a Windows App, unlike Safari.
- Yuvi
Who cares about the UI, is it as fast as everyone says? And I want to see the task bar, will someone Screen Cap it, please??
- Mona Nomura
it works. but it's not wowing me yet
- Josh Haley
Chrome definitely feels fast. Much faster than IE 7, Firefox, or Safari. At least on Windows
- Kevin D. White
UI UI UI The UI! UI ... Oh, and the UI. Sweet!!! j/k :) I'm still installing
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You guys, I am SO jealous :(
- Mona Nomura
It works really very fast in compare to any other browser
- Kerem Ozkan
Everyone's saying the same thing!!
- Mona Nomura
Yeah, it is much faster.
- Sean Oliver
I'm jealous too... I can't get it to install. :(
- Lindsay
it certainly seems faster than firefox. And its only using 80MB of memory! Firefox would be 150+ by now!
- Rahul Das
You guys can DL it up there! ughhhhhhhhhhh
- Mona Nomura
Why do i have to close firefox to import settings into chrome?! Sorry, no!
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bugs! Its having trouble marking messages as read in gmail!
- Rahul Das
It uses the OSes network settings so shares it with IE. I prefer FF3's so that each browser can have different settings.
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OMG SCREEN SHOTS, PLEASE... this is like, terrible LOL
- Mona Nomura
So I'm not the only one who thinks it feels faster than Firefox. I'm not 100% sure that it is faster but it feels snappier. So far it's nothing spectacularly different but little things like the pop-up status bar and emphasizing the domain name portion of the URL is nifty.
- ronin
I love how Google takes notice of the 'little things'
- Mona Nomura
I will wait till all the dust settles and all fuss goes away. Then I will download and test it - tomorrow at work perhaps !!
- Hayk H.
It definitely is faster than Firefox . . . well my firefox anyway.
- Lindsey is Fierce!
so far i've had it open for five minutes.. and its pretty fast.
- CW™
My FireFox3 SUCKS ASS, have you kept up with my ongoing woes since I upgraded?
- Mona Nomura
To me, it is not noticeably faster than FF3 for browsing and page rendering but it starts up instantly. It's actually incredible how fast it starts.
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You guys, I am living VICARIOUSLY through your comments :(
- Mona Nomura
it's so naked... i like!
- Jasmin Smith
First impression: FAST.
- Roger Benningfield
Flash and PDF support built in. No Silverlight though. ;-p
- ronin
Built IN and it's still fast??
- Mona Nomura
It does NOT look like Windows. It looks like a vista window and i run XP using classic UI so it looks completely out of place. They're drawing the entire window instead of using the OS. It looks to be a direct attack on IE. It'll feel very comfortable to anyone that uses IE.
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whoa.. and it toasts bread just right too!
- nouhad
Which bit of chrome do you want a screen cap of?
- Andy Davies
I'd like to see some rendering benchmarks. I've been comparing lots of sites and rendering seems fairly consistent between FF3 and Chrome (note: my FF3 on windows doesn't suck like it does on Mac).
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The "Stats for nerds" :( Nicerobot: :( I AM SO JEALOUS
- Mona Nomura
Interesting I have 5 tabs open which apparently equates to 8 chrome.exe processes. Google Reader and GMail take up 2 processes each. Just running chrome takes up another process.
- ronin
JSON preferences file. Nice? I haven't decided. Need a way to change the user agent string.
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Not impressed with the download manager so far. I think I accidentally canceled a download by double-clicking on it.
- Vincent X
Fails Acid2
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Now for the Rejaw test
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Looking good
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Fails Acid3. Probably due to webkit. My opinion: it's just another browser. There's nothing here that makes it a killer. I haven't proven if it can replace IE but i doubt it. It will not replace FF3 for me unless it adds support for FF add-ons since I can't browse without passwordmarker. I doubt they'll beat safari speeds on Mac. I love google but I no need for this.
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Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan armada.
l.m.orchard, Sean Oliver, mikepk and 22 other people liked this
ZOMG. I feel so old... :)
- Bill Sodeman
I wanted to live in a trailer park after seeing that.
- Mattb4rd
When America's Army game came out, it reminded me of this movie.
- Rodfather
Man... haven't seen that in AGES.
- Yolanda
My mom still has a copy on tape from when this was on TV about 25 years ago. My sister and I watched it so much the tape all but wore out after the first few years.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Would love to see this remade...now.
- JA Castillo
YES!!!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Death Blossom FTW! (sorry, I couldn't resist)
- Jay Wiegmann
ill geek out to anything Starfighter related :)
- (jeff)isageek
Ah, the role models of my youth. I thought "If only I could get good enough to get the aliens to pick me up; that'd show everyone who said video games were a waste of time!" No luck yet, still wasting my time playing though.
- Aaron Krug
comcast has gotthe flick available in HD for free on demand this month...
- Anthony Baker
Regretting my dog hasn't thumbs.
Eric Geller liked this
feeling lazy today Tom?
- John Blanton
Can't agree with you there. If my dog had thumbs, I'd have to hide the knives.
- Jay Wiegmann
Mattel Classic Football Game - http://www.amazon.com/dp...
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Live4Emma (L4S), RAPatton, edythe and 30 other people liked this
i remember playing that
- (jeff)isageek
I totally remember that game...and then they came out with simultaneous two player ones later...fun times.
- Alex Scoble
My brother and I completely wore out the 2 player version
- Internet's Tad
OMG. We had this and an asteroids one.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
I totally played that game. I also had the baseball one. My mom gave me the Baseball one in 1979 for my 13th birthday. damn, those were the days. :=)
- Alberto Lopez
I was so addicted to this when I was 8 or so. I could kick serious ass on it.
- Thomas Hawk
Man, up until about 5 years ago, I still had an _original_ of the white Mattel football from when I was a kid. My dog decided to make it his chew toy one day and I shed more than a few tears. :(
- Steve just Steve
I found one move you could do where you could score every single time. It was fun for a while to rack up stupid points, but the novelty wore off quickly... Used that though to beat my brother 100s of times. :D
- Internet's Tad
oh man, the pinnacle of gaming.
- Sean Oliver
never liked football or sports games, but i remember this thing!
- Anthony Citrano
loved that game
- Marco(aureliusmaximus)
I was jealous of friends who had it, but it bored me to play it ;)
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
I used to play this all the time with my great Uncle. I inherited it after he passed away, but unfortunately it doesn't work any more. not sure I could stand playing on a different unit, but I do love this game.
- Jon Price
OMG! I had one of those
- vicster
I'd love to start playing with one of these on a flight while everybody around me has iPhones or DS Lites.
- ha3rvey (chee-la-key-les)
I had *and* have this game again. Got this for Christmas as a kid - the night before I was hearing strange noises (are UFOs coming and landing on the lawn?) and went to parent's room to make sure everything was okay. Fired this up the next day and the lightbulb went off. Maybe that's when I knew Santa wasn't real?
- AJ Kohn
there's an iPhone version now...
- Kevin Fox
I had many variations of handheld electronic games as a kid, but Bambino basketball (http://www.davesvideoarcade.co.uk/tableto...) and an Amidar handheld were among my faves. I had a crappy Pacman watch as a kid, too, with a little joystick nub that I was always losing.
- abacab
I was an Electronic Quarterback player myself (and somehow still have mine), but for anyone who grew up with these - sit down and play it ASAP. There's almost no way to get this much childhood joy from a simple game.
- Jay Wiegmann
I had a ton of electronic games from that time period, all lost now. Although for my bday a couple years ago, my wife scored me one of these from eBay: http://www.fredsociety.com/fabulou... That was the first toy/game I bought for myself, with money I was given for my 11th birthday.
- Roger Benningfield
My dad had that. I always blitzed and did onside kicks to run up the score.
- Louis Gray
I remember you had to run up to the ball on a long pass sometimes or else you'll get intercepted.
- Rodfather
@Aj - the light bulb went off or went on? ;)
- Anthony Citrano
My brother had this, i used to play it all the time.
- sergiooo
I HAD THAT!
- Josh Haley
beautiful object!
- edythe
OMG I heard that McCain is going to pick a piece of cheese wearing a beard with some chalk as his VP! TELL EVERYONE RIGHT NOW.
I like cheese
- Noah David Simon
Oh come on, that's insane, no one would select a running mate with a beard.
- Jay Wiegmann
The cheese spent some time in a cheese P.O.W camp so its okay
- Joel Brussell
I like blue cheese
- Noah David Simon
badum badum....
- ❁ⓟⓘⓝⓚ❁ⓖⓐⓡⓓⓔⓝ❁
I dig (English) accents. Just sayin' ;)
Shandiz, Sharon Rosa, Parth Awasthi and 17 other people liked this
Me too, on ladies mind you. Irish is hotter though. If I had an Irish sounding lass I'd get in trouble just to get yelled at.
- Geoff Schultz
how now brown cow?
- Vicky
sweet corn swoon cron?
- Mona Nomura
Southern Wales is my favourite. Then Edinburgh. Then Manchester.
- Nine
bloody hell
- adolfo foronda
I like aussie women
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Emma Peal, nuf said
- Geoff Schultz
You'll like London then, occasionally you hear one
- Steven Cains
Wall - E crushed lots - DIRECTIVE
- Geoff Schultz
You guys, I am TOTALLY still swooning :) Hold on, brb
- Mona Nomura
English, Aussie, Kiwi, Irish, Scot, German, Puerto Rican, hell, I get excited over Canucks, eh
- Michael W. May
from twhirl
What about Wisconsin accents? Oh jeez.
- Geoff Schultz
mona im working on my next video -i talk about you in it :)
- Allen Stern
I'm English. Jus' sayin'. ;)
- David Young
With a New York accent, Allen? :) - Please be kind... I'm sensitive ;) -
- Mona Nomura
O HAI DAVID :)
- Mona Nomura
I have an accent fetish, too. I love most accents, except for mine.
- Trish R
Greetings, milady! :-D
- David Young
+1 Trish.
- Vinay | विनय
I love Scottish accents
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
howdy y'all! :)
- Mona Nomura
Irish & Scottish accents FTW !
- embee
I like American accents
- Ryan
*L* Why do you think I married my hubby? He's British you know. :)
- Mlibrarianus
I don't have an accent ;)
- Vicky
Geoff:: I crushed greatly on Frances McDormand in Fargo ;)
- Michael W. May
I have a bad habit of picking up accents. My husband wants to forbid me from talking to anyone in New Jersey next week.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I certain prefer our English accent to the American accent, though I think my favourite is the female Irish and some female Scottish
- Kol Tregaskes
@Stupid Blogger I've got the same habit. Had to warn a previous co-worker (who was British) so he wouldn't stomp my face in. Thought I could control it when a few off-shore Indian people came. Well, I couldn't.
- Arlan Koizumi
Another English guy here, although I'm from the Midlands and will probably be classed as or Brummie or a farmer ... and I'm neither! Female Scots are delicious to the aural canals ...
- Timothy Griffin
Arlan, it's usually not an issue (kinda works for me when I travel), but when I worked in a call center I had to make an effort to not do it: could have lost my job to appearing to make fun of the customer.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
The second best part of listing to Radio One on Sirius (I like the less US political news) is the different accents.
- Jay Wiegmann
My English accent's not that pretty. @Jay Radio 4 is better :)
- Dave Pook
here's the video mona :) http://www.centernetworks.com/friendf...
- Allen Stern
"What's this Harry like? He's a f*#$in thief! The boy's got a rare ability, he seems to makes cards transparent. Aw rite, Aw rite, so we can say he's good? Oh no, he's better than good. He's a f*#%in Liability!"
- Parth Awasthi
Tamar Weinberg, Henrik Johansson, Sudar and 64 other people liked this
FAIL
- imabonehead
lol What does the sign even mean?
- Daynah
What a rebel.
- ::Kristen::
Seagull looks ready to put it's own brand of graffitti on the sign.
- Kevykev
That reminds me of the "no smoking" signs in Italy with all the Italians leaning on them, smoking.
- Trish R
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- LouCypher
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- AJ Batac
When birds are outlawed, only outlaws will be birds...
- Jay Wiegmann
I get it
- Bwana ☠
It's a time portal. Matter/Anti-matter mixing to create a portable black hole. Where was this taken? I could use a wild vacation.
- Josh Haley
Do Not Tweet?
- Reuben Thum
from twhirl
It's got to be photoshopped. The outline on the sign is identical to the outline of the bird.
- William Spaetzel
awesome!
- Chieze Okoye
and so it starts... Fox News videos of fans chanting F@#$k fox news at DNC.: http://www.mahalo.com/Griff_J...
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It's not like they could pass up the chance to air THAT.
- Jay Wiegmann
I personally wish I could be out there right now. I would be one of them.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
I'm joining them from my lounge.
- dkb
I second that Mathew, I got a bit nostalgic after watching that vid. It's been quite a while since I've been to a protest.
- Percival
I've never been on one. Haven't had the chance to. But that is one thing I want to be a part of one day.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
So I supposed they slobbered all over the CNN guys? Pathetic.
- John Denver
McCain's Response to "What Makes McCain More Qualified To Run The Economy?" - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Anthony Baker, Steven Perez, Anthony Citrano and 7 other people liked this
Around 58seconds: " So, the fact is -- so the fact is that I have the qualifications and the knowledge and the background and the judgment. I don't need any on-the-job training. I had the great honor of serving this country in uniform for 22 years." uhhhhh what does that have to do with the economy, Senator?
- Mona Nomura
from Bookmarklet
good question.
- ~C4Chaos
really, McC? i had the honor of serving the USA for a bit, too; only four years, though. maybe i could be a mayor ... ? surely that at least qualifies me for some council seat somewhere. i mean, i'm MARKSMAN QUALIFIED on, like, MULTIPLE weapons. and i have MEDALS. c'mon, you have to vote for medals, right? sheesh.
- idnan
IMHO, he bases all of his know-how on his experience in the military. Um, why does that scare me? And am I goign to have to start saluting? @idnan: Case in point LOL!
- Mona Nomura
He isn't using his credentials to get your votes. He's using them to get the vote of people that are afraid and think war is the only response.
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it speaks to me as a sort of common ground i share with McC which i may not otherwise be able to find as a minority of several degrees from a background of somewhat less than financial comfort. i can see how he might mean it as an indicator of patriotism, dedication, durability, even general badassery. but, seriously, as a qualification for running the economy, or some of the other arguments ... sorry, Cap, but you're not fooling me. war hasn't changed so much from yours to mine; try again.
- idnan
but to be fair, Obama is a little "=|" to me too. i mean he's a constitutional lawyer by training, which i've been learning in times recent is universally associated with severe quixotic weirdness and tunnel vision.... or myopia to say the least... he disregards (or discounts?) the seriousness of genocide, fails to comprehend oil geopolitics, casually talks of invading a nuclear capable ally (pakistan)...
- Mona Nomura
I'm reminded of his spokesman's response to the "how many houses" BS - "This is a guy who lived in *one* house for five and a half years -- in prison.".. What?? At what point does this become like Giuliani's 9-11? I find it sad McCain and his people are overusing this awful experience to the point that it's become totally cheapened. Also: +1 nicerobot
- Anthony Citrano
@Mona - please don't repeat falseness and give it life. Obama never, never, ever spoke of invading Pakistan. Let alone "casually."
- Anthony Citrano
At Bits core, uniformed service demonstrates the ability to put the needs of the US above those of self. If that can translate into running an economy, fine. We're not supposed to have a planned economy though, so the correct answer is "I decide who gets my money just like every other American and I pledge not to interfere with their ability to do so in the future." McCain didn't give that answer though (possibly because he doesn't feel that way).
- Jay Wiegmann
Anthony: http://www.google.com/search... =(
- Mona Nomura
Jay: Definitely agreed. @Anthony: IMHO, both of the candidates are weak, this election. What it comes down to, is, who we want representing our country and both their stances on Supreme Court Justices, since ultimately the higher court holds the power.
- Mona Nomura
Obama said he would pursue al-Qaeda into Pakistan if they did not go after them on their own, and that is nowhere near an invasion. And Pakistan as an ally? No so much.
- William Harryman
There are ways to chase Al Queda into Pakistan without an Iraq scale invasion of the country.
- Internet's Tad
He stated that if the Pakistani government were unwilling to cooperate, he will go in, which basically translates (not to me) as if he's disrespecting and disregarding the wishes of Pakistan, hence, invasion. (Don't shoot the messenger!!) My point is, Obama's intentions are blatant to Americans, but IMHO he should be more diplomatic when dealing with international relations. Pakistan is an enemy we keep close as an 'ally', but to me it's all political rhetoric.
- Mona Nomura
Mona - a Google search does not a truth make. What you said is false. He did not "speak casually about invading Pakistan." What he said - specifically - is that he would go after Al Qaeda cells wherever they were hiding. You know, sorta like we should have done six or seven years ago.
- Anthony Citrano
This was back in the primaries, where he was loosely talking. Now, he's honed his speech a tad ;) Progress. And PLEASE do not get it twisted. I am in NO WAY comparing him to Dubya. My fault, for making it sound that way.
- Mona Nomura
I also completely disagree that "ultimately" the Supreme Court holds the power. An important component, sure. But (properly run) Congress and the Executive hold a tremendous amount of power as well. And if you think they're "weak this election" I'd be very interested to hear the last time you thought they were strong.
- Anthony Citrano
"a tremendous amount of power as well" Correct! The three branches were designed to be equal.
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Anthony, when was the last time this country was bipartisan? With lobbying heavily involved, a properly run Congress is near impossible. And the last time I thought the election was strong? Back in the Clinton years lol
- Mona Nomura
But Mona, you falsely characterized what he said. Attacking terrorist cells in another nation does not an invasion make - not technically, not figuratively, not militarily - not in any way. You went further to even say he did so "casually." This is toxic; responsible people should not casually repeat falsehoods about candidates - any candidates - because it gives life to them. The voting public is ignorant enough without more disinformation.
- Anthony Citrano
The checks and balances system, btw, was formed back before our government was tainted by capitalistic intentions. So technically, $$$ = Power, which makes the most powerful branch, the House :)
- Mona Nomura
I agree with Mona that one of the reasons the system is broken is money - Congress essentially is constantly running for re-election. There are ways to fix this beyond the scope of this thread. But you said a minute ago that SCOTUS had all the power, now you say Congress does. Wha? Also, the House is not a branch of gov't, Congress is, but I take your point. And to reiterate, agree with...
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- Anthony Citrano
Anthony? Did you read what I wrote up there? Even if you and I know that attacking terrorist cells in another nation, the point is, do the OTHER countries know? Post-Bush, we need a more globally oriented President to represent our country, now so more than ever, and I am NOT willing to back any of the lesser evils. And the Supreme Court Justice System does ultimately hold the power, when it comes to decisions based on our country. They can rule on issues brought forth to them, which no one can over turn.
- Mona Nomura
House = legislative
- Mona Nomura
Mona of course I read it. Sorry, but I refuse to let people get away with making false statements. I have been nonpartisan about that and defended other candidates against this as well. It's just not right. I think it's irresponsible and I feel it equally irresponsible to let it slide. Obama did not casually speak of invading Pakistan. You said he did.
- Anthony Citrano
So, Mona, the Senate is just some weird extraconstitutional branch floating out there in space somewhere?
- Anthony Citrano
But he did, Anthony... but regardless, the bigger picture is more of my point. If it'll make you see what I'm trying to say by retracting my statement, then I will. Either way, I've personally seen a lot of progression and refinement in Obama's speech since the primaries.
- Mona Nomura
"I've been involved in every single major national security crisis in the last twenty years" 0:36
- David Young
Anthony: At this point, I don't have faith in any of the branches, since frankly, they are all working for one thing = $$$
- Mona Nomura
By your logic we invaded Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998. I don't know a single military strategist, political official, or student of geopolitics who would agree with you. Regardless, he said nothing of the sort. Onward. I also agree with you that he has evolved. I find that a refreshing change from the Bush doctrine that personal change/evolution is dangerous/bad.
- Anthony Citrano
"Obama said if elected in November 2008 he would be willing to attack inside Pakistan with or without approval from the Pakistani government, a move that would likely cause anxiety in the already troubled region." http://www.reuters.com/article...
- Mona Nomura
I don't understand what you mean by 'my logic we invaded Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998"
- Mona Nomura
Anthony: At this point, we are talking in circles about who is right and who is wrong. It doesn't matter. My concern is, as I keep stating, I would like the next president to be able to handle diplomatic relations w/out causing rifts or misunderstandings. The global economy and powers are slowly shifting, and the United States is slowly getting cut out of the equation. I don't know about you, but that concerns me. GREATLY.
- Mona Nomura
We attacked inside both those countries in 1998. Did we invade them? God, no. Was it an act of war against that nation itself? God, no. It's a perfect analogue. You're equating the attack of a terrorist facility inside another country with an invasion. You're also equating it with a direct attack on a sovereign nation. And, they're not in any way the same thing. Not even a little bit.
- Anthony Citrano
But Anthony, it doesn't matter what you and I see, it's what those countries see...
- Mona Nomura
Wow...an intelligent conversation on politics outside a political blog. No f-bombs, hardly any misinformation...I think I'm going to cry. Yay for everyone in this thread.
- Admiral Anika
faboo: That is why I love FriendFeed. We can have discussions, even if we are clearly divided in our opinions, and people rarely resort to personal attacks :)
- Mona Nomura
"hardly any" is right, FM. ;) Mona, you felt the candidates were stronger back in the Clinton years? When? 92? 96? Stronger in what way? Clinton had zero foreign policy experience / creds and he ran against rather pathetic candidates both times. (disclaimer: I was on his staff and supported him passionately)
- Anthony Citrano
Anthony: LOL @ 'hardly any'.. we both think we're right, but that's not the point :) As far as candidates go, I firmly believe until Dubya vs Gore, we pretty much had pretty solid folks in the running. And although Clinton had zero foreign policy experience, he had enough smarts to bring in the 'experts'. ie: Carter to deal with N. Korea. It's unfortunate, though, that a president is judged upon charisma and mannerisms more so than their actual policies. What it comes down to, is approval ratings.
- Mona Nomura
...both domestically and internationally, and how these individuals 'look' on the surface. But isn't that the case for all job roles with individuals that hold responsibility?
- Mona Nomura
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