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The OMGPOP guys were evil geniuses. They didn't just sell at the top of the market (Draw Something dropped off sharply in users just a month later), but they sold to Zynga in an all-cash transaction, so they didn't get hit by the $13ish->$3 drop in Zynga's stock at all.
Private Sanjeev, Jennifer Dittrich, John (bird whisperer) and 10 other people liked this
Or lucky.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
"It's like 'Rains of Castamere' on your Red Wedding day." #IsntItForeboding
Katy S, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Tudor Bosman and 3 other people liked this
RT @ingloriousclos: Why doesn't George R.R. Martin use twitter? Because he killed all 140 characters. #gameofthrones
Kevin (aka ThreadKilla), Lnorigb, Heather and 15 other people liked this
(I watch the DVD sets, so I don't know what happened, but I can guess from the various tweets that something major happened. And I'm amused by the reactions.)
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Something straight out of the book Betsy. Americans are becoming acquainted with tragedy, historically one the highest forms of art, for just this reason.
- Todd Hoff
Watching people lose their shit on Twitter and Facebook last night was hilarious. :D I wanted to send the internet a collective valium.
- Hookuh Tinypants
I guess that's why "Game of Thrones" skipped Memorial Day weekend. They wanted to make sure people watched the Red Wedding :D
Tudor Bosman, John (bird whisperer), John Dupuis and 2 other people liked this
Or they didn't want t ruin everybody's actual Memorial Day...
- Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)
Well, and this way it guarantees water cooler talk, as opposed to 'ruining the BBQ' chatter.
- Jennifer Dittrich
We had some networking issues that were causing packet loss over the past couple days that (we think) have been resolved. If you noticed the site being a bit sluggish, it should be improved now.
http://www.oactivista.com, superpultdu, Paradise Kitchens and 24 other people liked this
ddos?
- Hüseyin Mert
Not DDOS; bug on our side. http://friendfeed.com/tudor...
- Tudor Bosman
oh, thanks God :)
- Hüseyin Mert
با عضویت در اتاق " در ارتباط با توییتر... " از جدید ترین متعلقات این سرویس با خبر شوید... اسمایلی : (تبلیغات).http://friendfeed.com/twitte-r
- سینه سرخ
bret neler oluyor? hani ben yaşadığım sürece ff kapanmayacaktı..hani ff'yi benim üzerime yapmıştın..nedir bu dedikodular???
- S. Aynebilim Beder
Bret yavşaksın olum sen. 2009'dan beri hiç mi siteye girmez lan adam. Olum ne Fb merklısı bir adammışsın lan sen. İnsan merak eder ne var ne yok diye girer de bir selam yazar. Senin amk lan ben. Siktin gül gibi siteyi şimdi de kapanacak diyorlar. Kapatacağına biz Türk kardeşlerine devret kardeşim. Biz domain falan alırız, sokayım boktan domainine. Yönlendireceksin sadece panelden. Ne dersin Bret? Hadi kardeşim bir düşün. gerçi girmiyorsun di mi sen buraya. Hay mk ya.
- EG
Hi Bret, we recently heard that you're shutting down Friendfeed - is this true? Please clarify this for the sake of FF Turkish Community :)
- DenizTuran
cool
- solncee
cool
- arieana
http://swc.bc.ca for shoring in the Turkish Community.
- Anthony Berkut
nice to see you againe .
- meseret mihreteab
I made an imp-powered tiny printer! http://youtu.be/5q95HSfw-CQ
Anne Bouey, Stephan Planken, Meg V. Meg and 25 other people liked this
You can print to it by going here: http://fury.com/imp/print.php
- Kevin Fox
It's pretty nifty - I wonder what messages Kevin's had so far?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
I wonder if someone could get a job by sending their resume?
- Jimminy
That's pretty cool.
- Heather
:) Yay!
- Anne Bouey
I wonder if Kevin can guess which of the many lines printed is the one I submitted.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
That's cool.
- Rodfather
Sent: 4 8 15 16 23 42
- Rodfather
Sent: For the kittehs!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Received!!
- Kevin Fox
Stephen, was it "I just typed this / And this is crazy / But here's my input / So print me maybe?"
- Kevin Fox
That's amazing Kevin!
- AJ Batac
Kevin, great job guessing correctly. :)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I can't wait to see the printout(s).
- Julian
Now you need to guess the senders and match each with the correct message. :)
- Anne Bouey
Printed!
- Laura Norvig
Pretty sure that's one of the coolest things I have seen all day. And I saw some pretty cool things today.
- Josh Haley
Sweet.
- Micah
Tiny printer is at Maker Faire! Send us messages!! http://fury.com/imp...
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Yay! :)
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
You can now get a daily or weekly email digest for anybody's feed on FriendFeed. You'll get a daily or weekly email with the most popular posts from that person's feed. To get the email, click the "Email/IM" link at the top of anyone's feed, and select the "Best of day" or "Best of week" email option.
http://www.oactivista.com, Insan Narya Noviansa Nugr, Forex Berza and 260 other people liked this
You can see all of your email settings at http://friendfeed.com/setting...
- Bret Taylor
Thanks Bret! :)
- Matt Ruiz
Thanks to Kevin for doing a great design for what turned out to be a more complex set of UI options than we had originally anticipated, and thanks to Tudor for implementing the email backend.
- Bret Taylor
Great! Thanks! Love FF!
- Scott Monaco
I now get the FriendFeed Feedback posts as a Best of Day email so it doesn't fill up my feed, but I don't miss feedback. I also set up a "Best of Day" email for my "Technology people" friend list so I get a pretty good overview of tech news every day via email.
- Bret Taylor
This is a really cool idea Bret, I wish you can make that an RSS feed option as well. I'd be much more likely to read summaries in RSS than in email.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Lovely. Thanks guys.
- Mitchell Tsai
Casey: Thanks for the tip. What's the 7 before the "?" mean in the URL? The number of likes or replies needed to be included?
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
this is killer, the random influx of email during the day was kinda getting fail-ish. I love the daily digest.
- Drew Lucas
Very cool! Any way to get archives of previous months? (especially helpful for those of us who leave the internet for weeks at a time...)
- Mitchell Tsai
WOW. that's really helpful！
- K.D.
Looks like a great addition for those who are not embedded on the site. Nice intro.
- Louis Gray
Cool!
- Josh Haley
Ahsan: it is somewhat random right now when the emails are sent, but we built in the backend capability to control what time they are sent, and we plan on exposing that control to users in the future. Right now, it is kind of random - sorry!
- Bret Taylor
This will be incredibly useful. Thanks to all involved in the design and execution.
- Kathy Fitch
Nice addition!
- Michael Fidler
But what exactly is "Best"? Is it anything that has a certain number of likes/comments?
- Laura Norvig
@Bret LOL THAT WAS MY PROJECT! I will release it tomorrow. But you've also did it and killed my friendfeed application **sigh** But mine has multi-reporting weekly-daily-monthly at the same time and adjustable entry count!
- Alp
@Bret please consolidate me or I won't code new apps with you api! :-)
- Alp
Alp: we were not trying to withhold data. Later today the documentation will be updated to reflect the ability to obtain "Best of" for users. The feed id will be USERNAME/summary/N (similar to "Best of" for lists)
- Benjamin Golub
Hi Ben, that is pretty funny, I tried that URL earlier today to see if it has been secretly released :)
- Paul Kinlan
Bret: While Twitter struggle to keep their fail whale under control, you guys are developing stuff like this. Amazing - Thanks!
- Jim Connolly
awesome feature, this will be highly useful for my corporate group ideas / content sharing; projects, etc.... THANK YOU :)
- Susan Beebe
Great work. I especially like that it works on lists too.
- Meryn Stol
my inbox might say different, but I like that :-)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
Wow, this is really neat! And it links into the idea I expressed earlier, re: reducing signup friction / enabling limited guest privileges. Imagine if I could embed one of my FF rooms on my personal web site, and enable people to subscribe to that feed by e-mail with just a couple of clicks... rather than saying "you can get e-mail notifications but you have to sign up for Friendfeed first." "sign up" -- though admirably lightweight on FF -- is still a huge barrier.
- Adam Lasnik
is there a love button cause I dont like this option I LOVE this option..great work guys
- (jeff)isageek
Three options I would like (1) Can I select "top 100" instead of "top 30"? (2) Could I select both "best of day" and "best of week"? (3) How about older timeperiods? I'd love to get an e-mail with stuff from last week or Mar 2009? Start & end dates? Anything to help me read FriendFeed off-line would be great since I spend long periods off-line at festivals (especially during summer time) or overseas. - Awesome job guys!
- Mitchell Tsai
So this works on groups too, cool! But we still cannot see Best of for groups on the site on friends lists. :-( I have several friends lists that include just groups and when I select to view the best of the page it's empty (even though if I got to the individual best of for those groups there are entries there).
- Kol Tregaskes
does anyone know of a web service that can do this? (I'm thinking weekly email updates of my favorite feeds/people) I don't think there's anything like friendfeed ..
- Franc, a rememberer
That's a cool feature
- Xitong Liu
Emails no longer get sent except for Subscriptions. The last non-sub email I recieved was July 15th, 2011.
- Jimminy
I still get them.
- AJ Batac
I get these every day.
- Me
i get it
- solncee
I still get it
- AJ Batac
*jealous* I no longer get anything but subscription emails.
- Bruce Lewis
For a year or more I have been planning to submit some of my photography to Getty Images Stock Photography (through Flickr) to see if I could sell some images. I get approached semi-regularly for rights to images, but I usually turn people down because I don't really know how to set it all up. I have friends who have been working with Getty for...
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Alfredo Alejandro Ruiz, Juan Pablo González, ᏓᏰ #team Monique and 37 other people liked this
...years ans loving it, but as life goes I kept putting off the submission, and putting it off more, due to life just being busy. Well I guess procrastination works for you sometimes. Today I got a letter inviting me to join Getty Images. Yeah for awesome things falling into your lap!!
- Rachel Lea Fox
Good luck!
- Juan Pablo González
Woot!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Yay! Congrats, Rachel. Your photos are wonderful.
- Anika
Congrats!
- Tamara J.
Congratulations!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
That's way cool, but you may want to read some of Thomas Hawk's recent writings on the subject. He just quit and moved to a different service.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Way to go! That's exciting. Hope it all goes well.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
These are incredible! Congratulations. :)
- Running Slow
Native American tribe plans to dub 'Star Wars' in Navajo - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/native-...
Shevonne, Tudor Bosman, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo and 2 other people liked this
"Manuelito Wheeler, the director of the Navajo Nation Museum, said he first came up with the idea 13 years ago as a way to preserve the consonant-rich Navajo language, believed to be spoken by about 170,000 people, according to government figures. "We thought this would be a provocative and effective way to help try to preserve the language and at the same time preserve the culture," Wheeler told Reuters. "What better movie to do this than ‘Star Wars?'""
- ronin
from Bookmarklet
It's a good idea. One of the hardest things about languages with a small stock of speakers is that it's hard to keep their youth interested because pop culture is taking place in majority languages. The more that there's something they want to access in the minority language, the more likely they are to take it up.
- Spidra Webster
The real reason why parents hate springing forward becomes clear on Monday morning.
MiniMage, Harold, ᏓᏰ #team Monique and 38 other people liked this
Thanks, Ilker :) #zombiechild #damnyoudst But she rallied on the walk to school.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
On the other hand, I loved the extra hour she slept in.
- Brian Johns
Pssssh, that was MONTHS ago. What's DST done for me LATELY?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
No, I mean this morning the number on the clock when she woke up was one more than last week. The sun comes up later, so she wakes up later. Awesome!
- Brian Johns
Eh? I get her up at 7 for school. Same last week as this week. So the clock says the same time. But her body thinks she's getting up an hour earlier. It's true it was darker because the sun is coming up later (relative to our adjusted clock), but I don't understand what you were saying at the beginning.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Yup, had myself a crying whining #zombiechild this morning
- Just Kidée: Road Warrior
I feel your pain. But great photo. :)
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Thanks, Stephan. How did your Sophie do this morning?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Same look. :)
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Longterm benefit outweighs shortterm pain. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
Steve, I'm not convinced there are any benefits. There are more deaths, though: http://www.inquisitr.com/566032...
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
I just like "Summer time" better than "winter time". I'd prefer it dark in the morning and light in the evening, even in winter. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
But there's a surfeit of light in the summer, and a shortage in winter. Even when we fall back, the "extra" evening light quickly disappears in just 1-2 weeks. So it's a pointless exercise of screaming against the tide. Are heart attacks and traffic fatalities worth that? Definitely not. It's long past time to stop this ridiculous and archaic fiddling with clocks.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Longest day of the year: Jun 21. Sunrise 5:48 AM, Sunset 8:35 PM (14h 46m 52s). If we didn't "spring forward" sunrise would be at 4:48AM. That would be bad. Compare with the shortest day of the year: Dec 21 Sunrise: 7:22 AM, Sunset 4:55 PM. If we didn't "fall back" this would be one hour later than the stated times, which would be fine with me, although sunrise at 8:22am might be brutal for kids going to highschool (starts at ~8am). Personally, that would be OK with me and better than the status quo.
- Steve and 4 other people
I agree. Perma-PDT is the best compromise.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Or we could just shift by :30m one year and split the difference. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
Or move to the equator?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
You people make my brain hurt. I'm all for the equator suggestion, though. I abhor DST.
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
from Android
Happy birthday, Helen & Tudor & Adam!
Tudor Bosman, Harold Cabezas, Lisa | #TeamMonique and 32 other people liked this
(Tam, please pass on my greetings to Adam since he's not on FF currently!)
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
I will. Happy birthday to YOU! <3
- Tamara J.
from FFHound(roid)!
Happy birthday to EVERYONE (to whom it applies)!
- Eivind
Yup, precisely.
- Chocolate Connoisseur
And to you, again ;-)
- Heleninstitches
No no, to you, I insist!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Happy birthday to you, Stephen, and to Helen, Tudor, and Adam! And to Kelly, too!
- Anne Bouey
Dang, I forgot Kelly again????
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Happy Birthday!
- Maitani
Happy birthday to all y'all!
- The LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Must have been some cool October nights. ;-) Happy birthday, everybody!
- Curtis (a) Jackson
Happy Birthday to all!
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Happy birthday!
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Happy Birthday!
- Kevin Johnson
Happy birthday, Stephen, Helen, Tudor, and Adam! :)
- Kelli H.
Happy birthday!
- John (bird whisperer)
Happy Birthday to all of you! Hope it's an epically good day. :)
- Running Slow
Happy birthday, one and all!
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Happy happy!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Happy birthday!
- AJ Batac
Happy birthday!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Happy birthday to a wonderful group of people! :)
- Tamara J.
Happy birthday to all!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Happy Bdays all!
- SteVe C
Is there another day that has FIVE FriendFeeder birthdays? I think not.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
PROTIP: when your mother suggests that you hire a maid, the correct response is not "...but then what will you do?"
Brent Schaus, Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ, Kelli H. and 11 other people liked this
The GOP strategy to winning Latino votes: block immigration reform and a path to citizenship; use racist language; crap all over the memory of Cesar Chavez
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My 18 year old cat, Wednesday, died last night. She was fine Saturday morning but then she just - failed. To make things worse, I am stuck at home because of the unexpected snow, can't get out to the vet just yet. Too miserable to cry.
Mike Nencetti, Steven Perez, Jessie and 10 other people liked this
So sorry, m9m. :(
- Lola Bean (Penguin)
from iPhone
Very sorry to hear this. :((
- Jim #TeamMonique
Sorry. :-(
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
:(
- Me
I had planned to take her to the vet today for the Last Visit. At least I don't have to fret that she's suffering and I have to get her there in the snow. She just didn't wake up today.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
*hugs* I'm so sorry.
- The LB: #TeamMonique
I'm so sorry!
- Katy S
:(
- Kelli H.
I'm so sorry. :(
- Running Slow
I'm so sorry {hugs}
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
I'm sorry
- Shevonne
I'm so sorry, m9m. :(
- Anne Bouey
Thanks for your sympathy. My son-in-law was on his way to class when he learned that the college was closing for snow. He offered to pick me up take me to the vet, so I didn't have to make the dreaded drive alone. That helped so much.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I'm so sorry, but glad your son could take you in today. *hugs*
- Jennifer Dittrich
How awful. So very sorry. Glad you didn't have to drive in alone with her. BTW - she was beautiful.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
Sorry for your loss, m9m.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Sorry, m9m.
- John (bird whisperer)
oh, hon. So sorry.
- t-ra: confounded
So sorry. :(
- Heather
:(
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Oh no! I am so, so sorry, m9m. What a beautiful girl. *massive hugs*
- Russian Space Lizard
I am so very sorry for your loss m9m. How lucky she was able to live a full life and leave on her terms.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
I'm so sorry.
- Mary Carmen
I'm sorry
- Eric - Too Hot
so sorry be well
- WarLord
I'm sorry to hear that m9m :(
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
I'm so sorry for your loss.
- joey
So sorry.
- Tudor Bosman
:( So sorry
- Tamara J.
I'm sorry for your loss of A beloved companion. She lived a long life in your care, and I'm sure it was a good one. Take some comfort in that.
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
:-(
- Betsy #TeamMonique
:(
- Steven Perez
The Last Psychiatrist: Don't Hate Her Because She's Successful - http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2013...
Tudor Bosman, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo, Victor Ganata and 2 other people liked this
"Sheryl Sandberg is the future ex-COO of Facebook, and while that sounds like enough of a resume to speak on women in the workplace, note that her advice on how to get ahead appears in Time Magazine. Oh, you thought that Sandberg's book is news worthy in itself, how could you not do a story on this magnificence? No, this is a setup, the Time Magazine demo is never going to be COO of anything, as evidenced by the fact that they read Time Magazine. Much more importantly, they are not raising daughters who are going to be COO of anything. So why is this here?"
- Morton Fox
from Bookmarklet
"But keep this in mind every time you hear how great it is Bill Gates is curing malaria after leaving us all with Windows."
- Victor Ganata
"It's so great that Americans will still vote for a white guy even if he's a little black."
- Victor Ganata
"…why the hell would a sales rep want to be a manager?… Is it a lot more money? 'Well, no, it's a little more money.' So you want me to work a lot more now for the possibility of eventually getting a job that pays only a little more money? 'Yes, stupid, it's called a promotion.' It sounds like a scam. 'No, it's a stepping stone to Nominal Vice President In Charge of Situations And...
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- Victor Ganata
"If you doubt this, observe that of all the advice Sandberg via Time gives to women, the single piece (in)conspicuously absent from the Time article is the most important: ask for more money."
- Victor Ganata
"…if you're going to sacrifice your whole life and lower back for the benefit of a faceless corporation then you've got to get paid."
- Victor Ganata
"You're going to try and counter that this is a staged publicity photo, but my rum makes me fearless against your rebuttals."
- Victor Ganata
"…this photo could only be made by actively denying a reality: among women, Asian women are proportionally overrepresented in successful positions, especially tech jobs, especially Silicon Valley, and yes, Apple Maps, India is in Asia."
- Victor Ganata
"Still not sold on the thesis that the system wants you to be a battery? Then you're going to have a lot of trouble with this next part… for the rest of your short life." How very Morpheus from "The Matrix".
- Victor Ganata
"The system has made it so that you can only choose one side, 'aspire to be a COO!' or 'don't be a COO--you should be home with your kids!' It is a classic double bind, and you can't ask: for the entirety of my life, these are the only two choices?"
- Victor Ganata
'Amazingly on purpose, in the cacophony of economic debates, it's no longer acceptable to talk money. You can talk about unemployment vs. employment, class, titles, debt, growth, seats at table-- but not money, unless they are actors or sports stars. If I told you Katniss was making $10M or $90M you wouldn't know the difference, but try to get $1/hr more from your manager and you find out what a dollar is worth.'
- Tinfoil 2.0
He doesn't pull any punches. He goes off the rails in section 4 as expected (you can see the man's BAC rising as he writes the article :) ). I love TLP.
- Tudor Bosman
Also, the money line: "This doesn't mean Asian women don't experience sexual discrimination, it means that when an Asian woman succeeds, the other women in the office don't get to experience sexual discrimination, so they're left only with sexual harassment. Read it a couple of times, it'll make sense and you won't like it. "
- Tudor Bosman
Sometimes I do find myself wondering if he might really in fact be a Communist, but then again, he plays the ultracynical role quite well and is probably always constantly screwing with our minds.
- Victor Ganata
It occurs to me that the only things I really know about Argentina are from Jorge Luis Borges and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Iván Abrego, Pete #TeamMonique, Stephen Mack #TeamMomo and 3 other people liked this
A little bit from the Peron camp, and a little bit of anti-Peronism :)
- Eivind
If I literally believed them, I'd expect Buenos Aires to be nothing but convoluted labyrinths, with the government singing all the time.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Les Luthiers? You've got to look into Les Luthiers, and Quino.
- Juan Pablo González
Oh, and from Che Guevara :D
- Victor Ganata
Well, as a metaphor for the papacy, horrid populism is not too bad. And then there's Lloyd Webber.
- Pete #TeamMonique
There's the convolution and surreality, too. :)
- Victor Ganata
OH: Dora the Exploder
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Don't feed Dora burritos
- SteVe C
So even though this was from a three year old still getting the hang of articulation, I immediately thought of (1) a children's show starring a suicide bomber (2) Rule 34. I am clearly going to hell.
- Victor Ganata
Surgery over. Heading into recovery. Sarah:1, Tumor:0.- Susan
The LB: #TeamMonique, Libraryman, Laura Norvig and 59 other people liked this
Wooo!
- lris
Hooray!
- ellbeecee
*breathes sigh of relief*
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Yay!
- Laura H.
Spectacular!!
- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
You really showed that tumor who's boss!
- Brian Johns
Best news of the year!
- laura x
Great to hear!
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I hope things are still going smoothly, 7 hours later.
- lris
RT @huntercovington: Pro-gun people should at least experience what it feels like to be murdered by a gun before stating their opinions publicly.
Russian Space Lizard, Micah, Tudor Bosman and 3 other people liked this
I don't have a gun and a mile from town in New Jersey, I can't imagine needing or wanting one. But I think 3 words decimate the anti-gun mania pretty effectively: "In Cold Blood." Most of America is like the landscape of that Kansas farm, miles from any law enforcement. Citizens would be ruled by motor cycle gangs if they couldn't at least have a gun, which may or may not save them but its all they have.
- Berthe
If a gun can save you from a motorcycle gang, couldn't it save a motorcycle gang from you?
- Andrew C (✓)
from Android
Berthe, most of America is like that, but not most Americans live like that. Most of us live in densely populated areas.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Jennifer, yeah most of us live in densely populated areas. Thats where I want to live. But there are plenty of people who live in areas where the police are an hour away. My brother lives in upstate NY and does per diem work for the USDA farm insurance program. He was told by a farmer that if someting happened on that farm and he called the local police, the state police, for an...
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- Berthe
Andrew, the motor cycle gang will definitely have guns. The criminals are not going to be turning their guns in no matter what laws they pass.
- Berthe
"many" != "most". And I like that you jumped straight to "take their guns away"... a key sign of an open mind is strawman arguments.
- Andrew C (✓)
Andrew, are you referring back to where I said "most of America?" ??? I'm looking at it territory-wise, most of America. What else are we talking about besides "taking" guns away, else its just talk and meaningless. I heard there are 300 million guns in America now so if there is no effort to take them away, what legislation would be of any use???? Its what they call "Kabuki Theater."
- Berthe
Yes, most of America physically is sparsely populated. BFD. Most of America's population lives in relatively dense locations, not hours from the nearest police. I don't think gun control solutions should prioritize outlier situations over how most people live. Imagine if driving regulations were aimed at making things optimal for Formula 1 level drivers, or conversely, near-blind 90 year olds.
- Andrew C (✓)
Number 1 - Its not a solution if it does nothing about the 300 million guns already out there. There are no border controls or customs between states, are there?
- Berthe
Number 2 - No, I am not willing to sacrifice the people in rural areas who would be preyed upon by criminals every day.
- Berthe
I really don't believe that a few rural shotguns are all that keeps the remote cabins and farms of America safe from roving gangs. Your argument seems outrageously hyperbolic to me.
- Andrew C (✓)
As much as I know I shouldn't get into this, what Andrew just said. I grew up in a rural area and I have lived in rural areas intermittently through the years. Very few people think of their guns as their primary line of defense. And these areas are not on the verge of being the Wild West.
- Katy S
People in inner city areas want guns to protect themselves, too. That was the basis of the Heller case.
- Berthe
I'm pretty sure that most gun violence is gang related. Either way, I see no reason to disarm law-abiding citizens.
- Todd
Restricting types of weapons and sizes of magazines available for civilian purchase != disarming law-abiding citizens. Just because you can't have a fully automatic AK-47 or a tactical nuclear weapon doesn't mean you're being oppressed. Even Antonin Scalia says you can't have an actual artillery battery. Oh noes, my 2nd amendment rights!
- Victor Ganata
Victor, what would that law do about the 300 million guns already out there? The politicians are just jerking us around.
- Berthe
No one needs a 50 round automatic for self protection. AND ...if purchasing and owning those is allowed and not curtailed then you can bet your ass Berthe's motorcycle gangs will also have 50 round automatics...so there you go.....a motorcycle 'gang' with rapid fire automatics vr a citizen with one rapid fire automatic....figure it out, shouldn' be hard.
- American
Victor, I'm not sure what you mean, since some politicians and activists actually want to make even handguns illegal. I doubt that much of the gun violence that anti-gun types bemoan is due to the use of legal guns by legal owners. I actually know people who have shelled out the money for a license to own automatic weapons and .50 caliber sniper rifles, and they are not likely to ever commit a violent act.
- Todd
Most mass killers were perfectly law-abiding citizens up until they opened fire.
- Victor Ganata
Mass killers are very few in number. I'm more worried about drunk drivers and gang members.
- Todd
Just look at the rate of death from firearms at states with restrictive gun laws compared to those with very liberal gun laws. http://www.statehealthfacts.org/compare...
- Victor Ganata
I just find it difficult to take anyone seriously when they say that they care about individual liberty, but they don't care about individual lives.
- Victor Ganata
I don't think anyone credible is suggesting a full ban on all firearms and complete disarmament of the population. If you believe there is, you'll believe anything.
- Victor Ganata
I'm sure there are people out there who will try to justify their need for owning a cannon. Doesn't mean they should actually be able to get one.
- Victor Ganata
I also have the luxury of living in a country where these types of weapons were banned in 1996. The number of mass shootings (4 people or over) dropped from 16 in the 13 years prior to 0 in the following 17 years. We are still free. Handguns still exist. The King Of England is yet to invade. At the fringe there are some who call for a complete ban and others who wish the ban to be...
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- Johnny
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@American-The thing about citizens who own automatics is that they tend to know others who own automatics. I would bet that there are groups of citizens that could take out a motorcycle gang.
- Todd
If the mass shootings stopped, the gang violence, home invasions, etc. wouldn't.
- Todd
Gangs in the U.S. often use assault weapons, which are usually illegally obtained. Crack down on the criminals.
- Todd
We still have home invasions etc here. I'm not saying we are a peaceful country with no crime and no gun violence, but it has a) reduced the mass shootings to and 0 b) made it harder for criminals to obtain the banned weapons in the evil game of "get a bigger gun". If no one can own an assault weapon, then the policing of it will be easier.
- Johnny
... and let's be serious. If you are caught in the middle of gang violence (5 or more people) who use assault weapons, the fact you have an assault weapon means little. Once you use the word gang (5 or more) then you are simply statistically outnumbered, regardless of the weapon. A fight with 5 gang members carrying spoons are still going to kill you in a spoon fight.
- Johnny
Most weapons used by gangs and criminals were actually lawfully purchased and then subsequently stolen or perhaps "borrowed", so….
- Victor Ganata
Also, it would be a lot easier to "crack down on the criminals" if the criminals weren't carrying assault weapons.
- Johnny
I can tell you that owning multiple weapons did not prevent my uncle from having his house broken into and getting robbed. Actually, his first concern ended up being whether or not they had stolen his weapons….
- Victor Ganata
The U.S. had a 10 year ban on assault weapons, which amounted to little. The criminals were still committing the crimes.
- Todd
I'm also not dealing with a hypothetical situation here. I am living in the actual reality of assault and automatic weapons ban. All those things you spout were there exact same thing spouted at the time and have proved to be complete false hyperbole.
- Johnny
We're the most armed country in the world and we imprison the highest percentage of our population compared to other countries, and, yeah, we still have a lot of crime. That does suggest that we need to think beyond full armament with assault weapons and harsh prison sentences for effective solutions against crime.
- Victor Ganata
Johnny, the people I know who have autos and assault weapons are unlikely to ever use the weapons in self-defense, against a gang or otherwise. Shooting the guns is a hobby for which they pay heavy taxes. They aren't the problem.
- Todd
Anecdotes aren't data.
- Victor Ganata
They aren't. And if they are civically minded, they will consider if their right to own such weapons outweighs that of society's right to not have 20+ school kids killed in cold blood.
- Johnny
What data do you want, Johnny? Most of the gun violence in the U.S. is the product of gangs and gangster wannabees. Besides, most of the people who are against gun control aren't really worried about thugs shooting other thugs.
- Todd
''Johnny, the people I know who have autos and assault weapons are unlikely to ever use the weapons in self-defense, against a gang or otherwise. Shooting the guns is a hobby for which they pay heavy taxes. They aren't the problem. - Todd"........I use to have a hobby too...going 75 mph in 50 mph zones....but I had to give up my speed hobby for the good society...and so I'd quit getting...
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- American
Todd, it would be easier to enforce laws if the NRA and gun manufacturers didn't weaken the ATF at every turn. They don't even have a freaking director because the Republicans refuse to allow anyone to be appointed. The current guy in charge has another job. If you want to talk about "cracking down" you have to give the ATF the legal ability and the money, as well as like, you know, someone to be in charge full time.
- Heather
Heather, then they (ATF) have to win over Congress. Thats how the system works and obviously the confidence is not there. Would they use the legal ability and money to go into Chicago and dismantle these gangs using tactics as brutal as Obama uses in Afghanistan and Yemen or would they go after hillbillies?
- Berthe
Well for one, they could do gun shop audits as often as they are legally supposed to instead of doing them as soon as they can manage it (a difference of several years). And the ATF did nothing to alienate Congress, they don't need to "win them over".
- Heather
For gun sellers: "Completing a firearms inventory and reconciliation has many benefits. This video covers some suggestions that will help insure an accurate accounting of your inventory and A&D records." http://www.youtube.com/watch... Which is how the ATF says "We can't require you to keep track of the guns you have in stock, but you might want to anyhow. Please?"
- Heather
Heather, why not write some antiATF Congressman or call his office and ask why he holds that position? As for auditing gun shops, what would that cost? A lot of laws, rules and regulations aren't enforced because of the cost. Chicago has mandatory gun registration but it is widely ignored and not enforced.
- Berthe
This is incredibly informative: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch...
- Heather
Heather, thank you for the video. I wish Stewart had sought out the opposing point of view, whatever it is. I get very tired of the onesidedness as though the other side is operating purely on bad faith so they don't get to have any say. It makes me suspicious that the other side has the better argument, actually.
- Berthe
If the other side has an argument, I'd love to hear it. I'm not anti-gun, I'm pro-sensible and responsible gun. I think that regulation and enforcement on the manufacturers and dealers is more important then on the individual, both because it's more practical and impactful. But no one seems to be talking about it. Most people seem to think that it' either about allowing the average Joe...
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- Heather
Heather, then I think we agree that we are not getting a very good discussion in the public discourse. I don't understand why that is not possible except that it doesn't make a good show on TV. I'd like to see it on every issue, people on both sides being polite and respectful and making their case.
- Berthe
".I use to have a hobby too...going 75 mph in 50 mph zones....but I had to give up my speed hobby for the good society..."-American The people I know shoot on private property and are really no threat at all. Their hobby is heavily taxed and regulated. I'm not even sure that taking similar weapons from every person who has one would do much about mass killings. A competent shooter could...
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- Todd
It's hardly "heavily regulated" when the regulators are underfunded and overstretched and the regulations have a ton of loopholes.
- Andrew C (✓)
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Of course obtaining the weapons I mentioned is heavily regulated. There is heavy taxation, extensive paperwork, a background check and laws on selling the guns. These aren't typical gun shop weapons that are sold to shell buyers..
- Todd
What are we willing to spend to fund and enforce these regulations? There are tons of regulations on the books. Lord knows what it would cost to enforce all of them. Locally, you are supposed to get a permit for almost everything you want to do around the house.
- Berthe
Todd --- thank goodness we are private people and don't care who thinks we are kooks so we have free speech: The confluence of Obama killing people with drones at will and not explaining it (Anwar Awlaki's 16 year old American citizen son killed in a separate attack, not collateral damage); Brennan not willing to answer if the president can kill American citizens on American soil with...
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- Berthe
WOW, can't wait for tomorrow's shitstorm! RT @kfury Tesla backs up accusation of reporter's lying http://www.teslamotors.com/blog... Your move, @nytimes
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Wow, looks like he's got checkmate on Broder.
- Andrew C (✓)
Ouch.
- Brian Johns
Ha, my SIL just bought a Tesla yesterday.
- Laura Norvig
Oh snap.
- SteVe C
Not the smoking gun Tesla wants it to be. Looking at the graphs, Broder did turn down (and then off) the cabin heat, but 30-40 miles later than indicated; this could be an honest mistake. "Driving around in circles" near the supercharger could be explained by looking around for it -- and even if it was on purpose, what better place to test the actual range than next to a charging...
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- Tudor Bosman
I like the map of all the other changing stations he drove by.
- Brian Johns
Oh, I think the clear indications of unplugging from charging stations early are pretty smoky, along with the rest of that and the "reporter's" clear, stated bias against electric cars. But I'm sure the NYT will find a way to avoid blame.
- Walt Crawford
It's a fight all right: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technol...
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Yeah, that was Broder's original rebuttal before the detailed blog post from Tesla. The NYT's public editor promised a new Wheels blog post today; still not published yet. http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2013...
- Andrew C (✓)
Meanwhile, CNN has sent their guy on the same DC - Boston trip. https://twitter.com/peterdr...
- Andrew C (✓)
Broder's new rebuttal: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013...
- Andrew C (✓)
This ain't over
- Eric - Too Hot
CNN's Peter Valdes made the same trip with range to spare between Supercharger stations. http://money.cnn.com/video...
- Andrew C (✓)
I love this story.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Unfortunately, unless Tesla records all customer phone interactions and can retrieve them, this has devolved into a "Who do you trust?" situation. I'd *love* to know just what Broder actually asked the customer reps and what he was told in response...since I find the reported interactions just this side of unbelievable. (But, of course, no NYT reporter has ever, EVER fudged the facts...)
- Walt Crawford
["Just this side of unbelievable:" some of the advice he claims to have been given violates the laws of physics, as one instance. Hard to believe Tesla's people are quite that ignorant or insane. Unless they really, really hate their jobs and want to undermine the company.]
- Walt Crawford
Don't suppose Tesla outsourced their call center and had undertrained (untrained?) folks working the phones? That never happens, right?
- Ken Gidley
That's the most plausible explanation, although some of the advice he claims to have received is hard to explain by simple incompetence or lack of training.
- Walt Crawford
2 days after switching from an iPhone 4 to a Nexus 4 & I love love love it. Android is ready for prime time.
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Ok, that's it I'm getting an iPhone! :P
- Adrian
iPhone 4 vs Nexus 4? Well, then I can switch from a Nexus S to an iPhone 5 and love it. iOS is ready for prime time! ;)
- Amit Patel
RT @neverjessie: Quite possibly the most inadvertently threatening Valentine's day card ever http://24.media.tumblr.com/395bf39...
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"Ashes to ashes, funk to funky, we know Major Tom's a junkie…"
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There has been an Amit Patel sighting on the Google campus! (As confirmed via pictures with my car) Let the rumors commence that I am wooing him back to the fold. Or simply say it was great to catch up with this excellent FriendFeeder in real life. Thanks for joining me, Amit.
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Life back on the inside is still good. :)
- Steve and 4 other people
Vegetables are unproductive and a waste of time.
- Amit Patel
Ok, so no vegetables and no sleep, if you want to be productive and not waste time. Time to get a PICC for the caffeine.
- Jimminy
I actually enjoy sleep quite a bit, and credit it (along with shorter working hours) for most of my creativity and productivity :)
- Amit Patel
OK, dreams are all very creative, granted. But barring any telepathic advances, the rest of us don't get to enjoy your dreams. Please try to stay awake from now on.
- Larry Hosken
If you saw my dreams you'd realize I'm a madman.
- Amit Patel
You know your friend qualifies for geek status when they text you they are on their way to lunch and include a real time map showing you their turn by turn progress. I approve.
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I like Glympse. I use it to keep my wife updated of traffic conditions during my evening commute so she can figure out whether I'll make it home in time for dinner and/or Violet's bedtime. (My commute takes about 30 minutes with no traffic and 90 minutes at the worst of times)
- Tudor Bosman
I like Glympse for meeting people; I use Latitude for my wife to check on my commute.
- Amit Patel
Atheists can stiff waitstaff as well... (Flipside to the Pastor Bell story.) It doesn't matter if you're a theist or an atheist or somewhere in between -- if you eat at a restaurant in America, you're obligated to tip; if you can't afford the tip, you can't afford to eat out. Unless the waitperson was supremely rude or poisoned you, tip! (via FB)
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Original FB post: https://www.facebook.com/photo...
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Just enjoy your meal and leave a nice tip and leave religion/atheism out of it! Sheesh.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Seems like a weak excuse to be cheap to me.
- Curtis (a) Jackson
CAJ, absolutely.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
(Background on the Pastor Bell story in case you missed it: Original Reddit posts: http://www.reddit.com/r... and http://www.reddit.com/r... plus Pastor Bell's now-hacked website: http://tiwdm.webs.com/ -- FF discussion here on Spidra's feed...
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- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Ew, two pet peeves in one: asshole non-tippers and atheists who insult people's beliefs.
- Starmama
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I'm convinced people who do this also have trollish internet habits.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
am i the only one wondering what constitutes a $150 adult dinner? and what's a KM dinner? #totallymissingthepoint
- Heleninstitches
I'm thinking "kids meal" Helen, but I'm not sure. I"m hoping that's some kind of odd ticket and not $200 for 2 people.
- ellbeecee
a $50 kids meal?!
- Heleninstitches
I don't think it's a kids meal, if it is it's more than one adult meal was, 39.24.
- Jimminy
At the risk of getting flamed, I'm going to dissent--not from the ass**ishness of not tipping, but from "insult people's beliefs." When a server tells you to "have a blessed day," they're shoving *their* beliefs down your throat. If it was me, I'd tip...but I'd probably never go back to the restaurant. [Edited: $150 was for 4 adults, apparently.]
- Walt Crawford
Walt, have a blessed day. That's bullshit. I've said stuff like that, and I'm an agnostic atheist. They're not shoving any belief. What belief is wishing someone a good day, exactly?
- Jimminy
I dunno, it would never occur to me to tell someone to have a "blessed" day when "nice" or "good" would suffice. But I'm not from that type of background. I personally don't give a damn and don't think this is a case of religion being forced on anyone. It's a pretty arbitrary and petty reason to not tip.
- ronin
I agree with Ronin. As an atheist, I wouldn't personally object to anyone telling me to have a blessed day, any more than I'd get upset at someone saying "bless you" when I sneeze.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
You're probably right--in fact, I'd just let it slide. But I'll still say that it's not insulting people's belief in this case. And yes, it's certainly an arbitrary and petty reason not to tip.
- Walt Crawford
If you're eating at a restaurant in the US, yeah, it pretty much is.
- Jason P
Is there confirmation that this is real? It seems fantastic timing if it is, but I'm skeptical.
- Heather
Heather, could well be faked. It's just a random FB post. But I don't doubt there are people out there who have behaved this way.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
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As a person who is leans more towards atheism... If someone told me to have a "blessed" day, I wouldn't be angry in any way. Someone is wishing me to have a better than average day. The word "blessed" only carries the amount of weight I give to it... and I choose to take that as someone being nice, not cramming religion anywhere near my mouth
- Johnny
There are assholes everywhere and no group is devoid of jerks, it's just the timing that gets me. Like it was meant to take attention off the pastor. I think the people linking the pastor's actions to religion were misguided, but this seems to be the same sentiment in the other direction. Also, without confirmation we don't get a single hint at the story here. The pastor objected to the...
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- Heather
I'm sorry, but Nena's 99 Luftballons should ONLY be played in it's original German... ( ╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
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Agreed.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
JA!
- Jonathan Disher
And Scorpions' White Dove should only be played in its original Hungarian (Gyöngyhajú lány, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...)
- Tudor Bosman
High German or Low German?
- Micah
Luft German.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Seriously? I'm getting over the stomach thing ... now I have a sore throat and I'm sneezing.
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I now have "Moving on up" from the Jeffersons going through my head …
- Amit Patel
:(
- Anne Bouey
:(
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
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:( and Amit made me smile. Hope you feel better soon.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
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Sometimes I wonder if I was more productive at work before the Internet. Or maybe I just still goofed off at work all day back then, but just not on the internet...
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Yeah, before work downtime involved talking to other people.
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
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