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What is your FF Comments/Likes Ratio? (Comments divided by Likes to 2nd decimal place - as of now) - http://flickr.com/photos...

January 7, 2009 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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1.05 (670/633) - Micah from Bookmarklet

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Can you remind me again where to find those stats? - Brian Johns

Brian, go to "Me" link (http://friendfeed.com/brianjo...) which defaults to the Feed tab. Look at the sidebar on the right, below Discussion. - Micah

0.75 (926/1226) - still relatively new here - mikepk

I only see my stats for the last week (17/14 = 1.21) Please tell me your 670 number is for more than just a week! - Brian Johns

1.44 (566/391) for brianjohns (after week tally you should see a comma then 'all time' count - I can see it on your page) - Micah

OK, sorry. I'm a total dumbass. I stopped reading after the weekly totals... - Brian Johns

3.74, which seems way off of everybody else's. I wonder what that says. I comment a lot more than I like. - Cyrus Lendvay

FFers use FF with their own strategy or simply default tendencies. The ratio is an interesting snapshot of behaviour. Thanks for joining in everyone, hope more keep flowing in. - Micah from twhirl

0.79 - Brian Roy

0.77 - Eric - seven eleven

0.67 - Nine Ferdinand

0.77 - Shey

0.76 - FFing Enigma

1.39. - Rochelle

1.80 - Brian Sullivan

1.61 - I only 'like' when I want to throw my support behind a topic but don't have anything constructive to add. - Bjorn Stromberg

1.12 - Tinfoil 2.0

1.41 - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

5.08 (3181/626) ! - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

0.66 - I tend to 'like' things without needing to comment further, I guess, and I notice I usually like the things upon which I comment. Well, frequently. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

.39 (2457/6242) I guess I don't comment much. I do 'like' a lot of things, it would seem. - Bren

0.62 then again i have over 11,000 comments - Cee Bee

1.23 (5287/4229) - I am put to shame by Cee Bee's participation, good grief! - Lindsay

@Cee Bee I think you meant 0.62 - ◄ani625Ξ ಠ_ಠ

1.27 (902/705) - Leandro Ardissone ⍨

yes, thanks for the correction. lindsay, you're making me feel bad. lol - Cee Bee

0.8576, I only like mostly when I'm going to comment - Molly Song ;)

1.55 endlessly repeating. This Like/Comment included. - Dana D

before this comment: .69 I kid you not. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

So far: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81 ... (if you average 1 comment per like, you'd be 1.0 ... if you're 0.xx you might herd content more than discuss ... if you're whole numbers above 1 you may not 'like' much or discuss plenty or both) - Micah

CSV_A: 1.05,0.75,1.44,0.81,3.74,0.79,0.77,0.67,0.77,0.76,1.39,1.8,1.61,1.12,0.141,5.08,2.41,0.66,.39,0.62,.62,1.27,0.8576,1.551,0.69 - Micah

1.83 - Grant Bierman

I tend to like allot of photos which really don't need comments. - InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)

InPerpetualMotion(Gina k), I really liked this 'Like' of yours (in a series of pics, so I flickr fav'd it): http://friendfeed.com/e... and commented. Thanks! - Micah

.37 1002/2708 - Michael Fidler

this is what scobes walls would like if he didnt have FF - sean percival

I haven't seen Marc Canter's fabled fence (just heard about it), but I imagine this but on wood pickets :) - Micah

This week: 2.48 (1162:467) but this is not the norm, my likes usually match or are higher than comments, overall: 0.95 (14228:14846). - Kol Tregaskes

Thanks Michael, Kol! I'll recalculate average/median when we build up some more data points here. - Micah

1.03 748/723 - Keith - @tsudo

.68 6986/10194 Someone wrote a great article on the comment-like ratio a few months ago. Search on FriendFeed is crashing on me... I'll try to get the link. - Mitchell Tsai

Thanks Mitchell (btw, search crashing on me too - lots) - Micah

1316 comments/20221 likes (0.06), according to Windows Calculator, although I probably screwed up. - Tyson Key

*bump* - Micah

Thanks, Mark! - Micah

Thanks Spidra! - Micah

0.95 (1520/1604) - it's 2+ months later, and my ratio flipped (more Likes by .05) - Micah

.7 (1204/1724) - before this comment at least. - Rachel Lea Fox

Thanks, Rachel! - Micah

3.46 (3665/1057) before this comment and like. - Kevin Fox

Thanks, Kevin. 3+ is quite the comment on your commenting activities :) - Micah

I've got stuff to say. - Kevin Fox

3.98 (900/226) - Richard Lawler

1.02 (3538/3484) for sofarsofarshaun - Micah

.34 (600/1747, not counting this comment) - Michael Hocter

Thank you, Siavash and Michael - Micah

.52 overall, but .68 this week. - Rebecca Lasley

Nice, thanks Rebecca. - Micah

1.31 - Rahsheen?

0.56 - imabonehead

Rah and imabonehead - rock on! (Richard too!) - Micah

0.16 - Anne Bouey

4.62 (287/62) -- Yikes! I'm chatty. - Ted Roden

Thank you kindly, Anne, jcunwired and Ted. - Micah

2.63 - Bryce Roney

Thanks for joining in, Bryce. - Micah

.15 all time, .13 this week. - Pixie

.52 - David HC Soul

Thank you, Alix and David! (and Alix, you're tied with Siavash for the Highest Like ratio. Wow). - Micah

2.94 - j1m

Thank you, j1m. Ok, I'm gonna roll this up into a csv and call it a night. - Micah

CSV_B: 0.95,0.7,3.46,3.98,1.02,0.15,0.34,0.52,1.31,0.56,0.16,1.39,4.62,2.63,0.15,0.52,2.94 - Micah

this week = 0.45%, alltime = 6.43% - chaz2b

CSV_B Mean: 1.49 (previous mean for CVS_A: 1.27) - Micah

Of course the numbers can easily lie, but I'm gonna say it anyway: "We're getting more conversational, people!" - Micah

0.49 (493/988) - Bluesun 2600

816 / 2502 = 0.326139089 overall | 50 / 233 = 0.214592275 this week I like much more than I comment. (maths via google) - Chris Loft

3026/5013 = 0.6036 - Roger Chen

chaz2b, Bluesun 2600, Roger, Nicholas — thank you! - Micah

5.25 but I don't know what this *means, yet. maybe I'm just stingy with my "likes" compared to others? - Marg Uerite

Thanks jamar78 and Marg! - Micah

A recent change in FF: now the comment count shows total number of comments (previously multiple comments in one thread only counted as one) http://friendfeed.com/e... so all the numbers above are from the old methodology.... - David HC Soul

My new ratio: 0.76 all time (old methodology .52).... this week 1.39 - David HC Soul

*bump* - Micah

1.26 (2965/2346) - Micah

Thanks, Glen and pea! - Micah

Looks like my ratio as flipped again (comments back to dominating again). Seems to match my own awareness I've lately been commenting without Liking (commenting is my inherent recognition of value to me and the additional Like is when it merits an extra bump to help discovery by others). - Micah

.38 - Ryan Dadey

Ryan, I have to say, that's one high caliber ratio ;) - Micah

An update it's .44 which is an improvement from .36 - Michael Fidler

2.00 - Anthony Citrano

0.97 - Willem (@wim66) ☠

2.94 1040/354 I have likes set to post to twitter automatically, so I'm careful with them. :) - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

0.85 - Steven Perez

0.73 up from 0.66 on Jan 08 - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

0.37 for the week past, 0.45 on the whole. - Parth Awasthi

Michael, Anthony, Ahsan, guruvan Steven, sıɹɥɔ and Parth - thanks for dropping in your stats! - Micah

5.81 i'm not using it as does everyone else here. that is fer sure. - Marg Uerite

Ahsan, huh, I'd never considered that. - Micah

17942/30571=.59 - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Alex, thank you, sir. - Micah

ALmost 2:1 exactly. - Amani

Much obliged, Amani. - Micah

3062/5777 you do the maths. - Will Higgins™

.53 (3062/5777) for Will Higgins #math-on-demand-services - Micah

Thank you, amin/gnu - Micah

7.16 - Ken Sheppardson

*bump* (SEE ALSO http://friendfeed.com/jungleg... ) - Micah

1.45 (4374/3026) - Micah

1.73 - Aron Michalski

0.92 now. I think the movie reviews have been getting me closer to a 1 to 1 ratio. - Steven Perez

0.77 - Mathew A. Koeneker

Steven, yep, you were a 0.85 in April. - Micah

2.10 now ... - Amani

0.97 now. - Eric Johnson

Amani, so your comments have climbed a bit. - Micah

Thanks, Eric. - Micah

yes, but i am not consciously "not liking" things - Amani from IM

Probably, just chattier then :) - Micah

I'm down from 7.16 to 6.94 :-) - Ken Sheppardson

the live NBA playoff threads have ALOT to do with it. - Amani from IM

Ken, the FCC may be interested to explore how your "I'm down" may be offensively self-deprecating ;) - Micah

.56 eeep, must try harder - Threepwood

4.52. I don't bother to like things I've commented on, since commenting already flags it as interesting. - Andy Bakun

0.46 (1698/3638) - Glenn Slaven

Threepwood, Andy, Glenn - thanks (Andy, that's my mo too; then I'll Like if it warrants a "double vote"). - Micah

1.31 (4,471/3,401) - Karoli

Thanks, Karoli. And the both of us have a _very_ similar ratio and absolute numbers. wow. - Micah

Thanks, Ryo! - Micah

Andy, scroll upward and you'll see a couple calculations from before (January: Average: 1.27 | Median: 0.81) - Micah

In March the Mean was: 1.49 - Micah

1.021276595744680851063829787234042553191489361702127659... via Wolfram Alpha - tom murphy

Thanks, tom. And though a bit verbose, your friend Wolfram is resourceful :D - Micah

0.55 (254/444) - Willem (@wim66) ☠

Thank you, Willem. - Micah

In April you were 0.97, so you're liking more / commenting less. - Micah

1.88 (779/414) - Ton Zijp

Thanks, Ton. - Micah

0.43 (3597/8305). - Parth Awasthi

0.74 (1970/2667) - In Search of Gender

And thank you Parth, Scott. - Micah

Parth, compared to your April numbers, you've been consistent. - Micah

2.12 is my ratio. - Rick Cogley

Thanks, Rick! - Micah

Np Micah. What is that photo? - Rick Cogley

.54 (4148/7674) Updated! - Michael Fidler

Rick, you mean that face with glasses I photoshopped tint into with an apparently disembodied arm which is actually very much attached to my eldest son? It's mostly just me :) - Micah

Thanks, Michael. Yes, you have a rising tide of comment percentage (oh, wow, you were one of the originals from January - cool!) - Micah

1.82 from 798 comments / 438 likes - David Damore

Thanks, nivé and David! - Micah

2027/1594 = 1.27 - Brome

0.58 - Marc Dong

2.9 (3,242/1,116) mhhh.. time to straighten my use of FF a bit.. thanks for this entry - Thierry R. Andriamirado

Brome, Marc and Thierry - thank you! - Micah

Thierry - yeah, 2.9 is fairly high - got to pick the pace on like side :) [but hey, whatever works for you is fine] - Micah

1.91 - MiniMage

Thank you Nicholas and MiniMage! - Micah

Yeah, that's a decent upward rise in comments, Nicholas. - Micah

.6 (6,000/10,000) 3rd update - Now it's time to flip this on its head. My goal is to have (16,000/16,000) next time I post here. Regardless of what happens, I'm just looking forward to the next 10,000 comments, likes, posts, and new relationships I make here. It's all good! - Michael Fidler

1.76 (7539/4290) My commenting habits haven't chanced much, but it felt like I clicked Like a lot less, and this ratio confirms that for me. - Micah

It's that time again. - Micah

.50 - LB: #TeamMonique

Thanks, Laura! (you're a 50-caliber gal!) - Micah

0.64 - Imabug

Thank you, Imabug. - Micah

4.67 (I'm greedy :p) - directeur

0.99 - Steven Perez

About 1:2 comment to likes at this time - RAPatton from iPod

1.06 - Jim #TeamMonique

.81 - Brent - Yes I am

.63 - metalerik

Thanks Imabug, directeur, Steven, RAPatton, Jim, Brent and metalerik! - Micah

.83 - Jimminy IS Everybody

0.78 - Pete D

.82 as of right now. edit: on January 8th it was 0.39 -- when I saw that, I decided to make more of an effort to comment. When I hit 10k "likes" I decided I wouldn't "like" anything else until I also had 10k comments. - Bren

.11 - Lola Bean (Penguin)

And thank you Jimminy, Pete, Bren and Penguin! - Micah

2.47 as of right now. - Jonas, Leper of FF

Micah, are you doing something with these numbers? If so sounds interesting. - Jimminy IS Everybody

0.58 - Absentee

Jimminy, I'm copyrighting every single number. It's kind of a honeypot ;) Actually, it was curiosity mostly, but I also hope to build a sampling (small and self-selecting as it may be) for anyone who might want to analyze it. - Micah

Jonas, James and Kurt - thanks you! - Micah

You're welcome. I hope the results do some good. :-) - Absentee

.31. I have almost 4 times as many likes as comments. - edythe

Thank you edythe and Eric! - Micah

195/245 makes 0.8 rounded not including this one which would be 196/245 making 0.8 unrounded, - tom murphy

Thanks, Tom. - Micah

1.98 (588/297) - Bryan Zirkel

1.67 (19,550/11,684) - Mitchell Tsai

1:2 - Jeff P. Henderson

Bryan, Mitchell and Jeff P. - thanks, guys! - Micah

1.18 - it's always been close to 1, since day one, for some reason. - Laura Norvig

Wow, Penguin is a prolific liker! - Laura Norvig

2.67 (875/328) - Nathalie

Thank you, Nathalie! - Micah

2.18 - Spidra Webster

Thanks, Spidra and Mark! - Micah

0.49 - Jammy Lee

0.825 - Mathew A. Koeneker

Jammy and Mathew, thank you very much. - Micah

2.16 - Sue - Friendfeed is best

I don't know I just like that picture - Brian Hendrickson

.40 - Ben Hanten

Mine was exactly 2:1 about a week ago. Did a screenshot when I had 2,000 comments and 1,000 likes. - Yo Joe. No, go slow. from iPod

SuezanneC, Brian, B E N and Joe - thank you all very much! - Micah

Joe, it's like see the odometer click through a nice round number - it's just inexplicably engaging. :) - Micah

1.40, nearly the square root of two. - Vezquex

Thanks, Raphael and Andy! - Micah

1.15 (6777/5873) - JA Castillo

12.23 (844 / 69 ) I guess I take my likes seriously ;) - Chris Myles

Wow I didn't realize I was so out of whack!! 12.23 that's got to be a record (and I don't even import my feeds with the summary as a comment)!! - Chris Myles

.87 - Nine Ferdinand

Thanks JA, Chris (wow, 12+ is unusual :), Serkan and Nine! - Micah

Micah.. I told you I take my likes seriously; ). You *might* want to ask (in a separate post) what percentage of likes were used to "bookmark" a post or save it for later VS actually "liking it". I NEVER used like for that.. but I did use a private group that if filled with my own topics (and comments).. - Chris Myles

1.78 (8529/4782) - Micah

Likes are down relative to comments, which matches my much lower frequency of liking. I'm a more selective liker than ever. - Micah

I don't think I could argue that any particular kind of ratio is "best", because if Lurkers like to Lurk and cultivate (via Likes) and the Chatty-ites love to chat, to pump out much many more comments than Likes, each can be happy and make for a great social experience. - Micah

383/372 - Ashish

'Just clicking "Like" seems too easy' — Jason, that's because you're from the Chatty-ite tribe :) - Micah

Thanks, ashish. - Micah

wow, what a difference time makes, when i 1st posted on this thread, 6.43%, now = 1.25%, for a 5.18% difference, :o (and this is the earliest post to date i've recovered of my activity on ff) - chaz2b

chaz, I think there's been a big fluctuation for most people (maybe not that much). This is the oldest post on which you commented that you've recovered? - Micah

When I first saw this: 1.91 Sept 28: 1.94 - MiniMage

536 comments in the last month has me at .8736...still creeping toward 1.00 - Bren

.64 - Shannon Jiménez

Thanks, MiniMage (2x participant!), Bren (3x!) and Shannon (your inaugural visit!) - Micah

Thank you, SustainedEuphoria. - Micah

Thanks, Mark. - Micah

1.45 - Brett Kelly

Thanks, Brett :) - Micah

5.67 all time. Second highest ratio on here. Woot! I love to talk. - Kevin L

Thank you both, Kevin and mridul (the two of you balance it each well :) - Micah

1.80 (10,189 / 5,666) [compared to Likes, my Comments still continue to rise] - Micah

1.02 (10323/10161) - Bren

.5666 currently (30,084/53,093) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Thanks, Bren. - Micah

Thank you, Alex :) - Micah

that was my third post... It's interesting to see how the number has changed. of course, I manipulated the number to a degree, because I stopped "liking" things for a while... - Bren

Bren, the other thing that can seriously throw off someone's stats is a feed that upon each item it imports adds a comment automatically. - Micah

true. that can seriously inflate comment stats, of course. Then you have someone like RAPatton, who posts a gazillion comments, in part because of his playlist posts where he will list each song in a separate comment. I found, after this post in fact, that I tended to "like" things much more frequently than comment on them, that I was lurking instead of participating. I have changed the way I use ff rather considerably, and I think for the better. - Bren

4.26? - ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift

Thanks, Sarah, Tutivillus. - Micah

1.19 - Joe Bonner

Micah this is like 11 months ago, I see you have almost doubled your rate. lets make a graph for everybody now, :) - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

Quick, someone write a greasemonkey script to inline some google charts! (tap-tap-tap...wut? don't look at me ;) - Micah

Thanks, Joe. And you thank you, Mahmood :) - Micah

Thanks, Glen! Your comments in the ratio have gone up too. - Micah

1.70 (it was 1.41 on Jan 8) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

WorldofHiglet, thank you :) The comments are strong in this one. - Micah

0.64 (2,589/4,051) - Chieze Okoye

0.58 - Thomas Page

Chieze and Thomas - thank you! - Micah

*bumpage* - Micah

So, Micah, we never did find out what you were doing with this info.... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

0.27 (5637/20234) - I only see a couple people lower than me. - John (bird whisperer)

4.06 (747/184) - Jan Ole Peek

WoH, World Domination. - Micah

Rene, John and Jan - thank you, all three! :) - Micah

0.97 (6,694/6,929) - Jimminy IS Everybody

Thank you J., Jimminy and آقای تلخک :) - Micah

2.23 - Paola Bonomo

0.71 (8,200/11,551) updated - Michael Fidler

0.03 (284 / 10378)! - Daniel Rowley

Thanks Paola, Michael, Artemko, J. and Daniel! - Micah

*thanks Christopher thoroughly* - Micah

14.86 (1442/97) I'm going the wrong way!! - Chris Myles

1.77 (11831/6622) - Micah

0.56 (2059/3703) - Joel Webber

0.89 (1,766/1,986) - chrisofspades

Thanks, Joel and Chris! - Micah

In 4 days it will be 1 year since my first recorded stat here. My comments/like were almost a 1:1 ratio then. Now comments are almost double likes for me. - Micah

Easy - Kevin J Hatton

jamar78, same trend for you, it looks. :) - Micah

1.00 a year later. {edit -- screwed it up the first time. not telling what I did.} - Jim #TeamMonique

Thanks, Jim! - Micah

.52 this year. - LB: #TeamMonique

Thank you, Laura =) - Micah

75,415 comments/1,286 likes = 58.64 - i wish the auto inserted comments didn't get counted... the true number is probably much much close ot my number of likes - Chris Heath

1.09 (11910/10953) - Bren

1.97%. thanks again micah, this has been a great metric to measure my first year here on ff. As the year went (this being the first record of me being here that i've found): , 6.43%:1.25%:1.97% - chaz2b

Chris, Bren, thank you. And chaz2b, thank you too - glad it's a special marker for you. :) - Micah

1.79 (13620/7618) - Micah from iPhone

0.91 - Bruce Lewis

0.13 - Morton Fox

1.69 now (1.70 on Nov 10th and 1.41 on Jan 8, 2009) - - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

0.23 - Mark H

Thanks Bruce, Morton, Higlet, Brent and Mark! - Micah from iPhone

How is this thread doing in the longest-lived-ff-comment-thresds-ever contest? - j1m

5.76 right now - Kevin L

0.53 - Rodfather

j1m, I wonder how many threads over a year old are regularly updated by an asoetment of users. - Micah from iPhone

Kevin, Cecily and Rodfather - thanks! - Micah from iPhone

1.49 (2,222/1488) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

"I must not ask Micah questions" written out a bajillion times.... :) - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

LOL @Higlet - Correct. (but Brent, you can also ask the Mathematics Dept of West Bohemian University in Pilsen, Czech http://www.fav.zcu.cz/en... [via http://maisonbisson.com/blog... ]) - Micah

0.32 (2011/6291) Looks like I need to comment more. =) - Beau Liening

Thank you, Beau. And, by stating you want to comment more you're already helping the cause :) - Micah

2.09329564 (10366:4952) I don't think that I'm the norm here - See-ming Lee 李思明 SML

*bump* - It's that time again, folks. - Micah

1.71 (16,017/9,357) - Micah

0.91 (13,933/15,222) - Jimminy IS Everybody

2.66 - Marissa

1.48 (2,469/1,669) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

Thanks, Jimminy, Marissa and Daryl. :) - Micah

1.21 - Jenny H

Thanks, Jenny! - Micah

1.10 (4874/4448) - DGentry

2.13(7957/3734) - Melanie Reed

Thank you, Denton, Glen and Melanie! - Micah

63.58 (97,534/1,534) -- interesting that my last three digits are the same there, eh? (note, i already posted a month or two ago when i first saw this thread) - Chris Heath

Thanks, Chris! - Micah

0.87 (3770/4312), so I'm either getting more commenty or less likey. [0.74 (1970/2667) was what I previously reported back in June] - In Search of Gender

Thanks Scott, pea and T. Brent. - Micah

Brent, interesting. Look forward to more commentary. :) - Micah

1433/1161 = 1.23 - cdogzilla | downgraded

1.19 (5132/4316) - Ruchira S. Datta

Thank you, cdogzilla and Ruchira! - Micah

0.94(15045/15978) 0.83, (28.August.2009); 0.97, (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (17.April.2010); 0.94, (11.May.2010). - Jimminy IS Everybody

1.65 (18,070 / 10,970) - Micah

*bump* It's that time again, folks. - Micah

1.05 (1710/1625) - cdogzilla | downgraded

1.66 here. Chattyites 4ever! - Lo

Thanks cdogzilla and Lo! - Micah

Last year my comments were around 7000 and likes around 2500, for a ratio of 2.80. I consciously chose to do more liking over the last year. As of today my comments number 10,782 and likes number 7,666, for a ratio of 1.41. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Jason, Stephen - cool. Thanks for keeping updated here. :) - Micah

Thanks, RG - Micah

1.03. Micah you've made over 18000 comments since you first posted this. - chrisofspades

0.76 (3,624/4,766) Egad that's only .1 improvement since 2009-01-08 :-P but at least it's moving in the right direction. - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

3.25 No wonder I always had to stand in the hall in school for talking ;-) - Shannon - GlassMistress

Still right at 1:1. W00t. - Jim #TeamMonique

1.15 (14662/12739) - Bren

chrisofspades, crazy isn't it. :) - Micah

kima, tortoise wins and all that ;) Thanks, Shannon. Jim, you have maintained balanced in the force you have. Thanks, Bren. - Micah

2.33 :( my new yr's resolution was to "like" more, imma not doing sucha good job, :( - chaz2b

Thanks, Mark, and chaz, you'll get there. :) - Micah

1.61 (20,661 / 12,818) - Micah

*BUMP* - It's that time again. THANKS! - Micah

1.76 (15,652/8,886) - Jenny H

Thanks, Jenny and hollyrai! - Micah

Thank you, Glen. - Micah

0.77 - Steven Perez

0.31 (14566/47299) - John (bird whisperer)

John, you're a 'liking' fool! :D - Jenny H

Apparently I'm the human version of FALOB - John (bird whisperer)

Ha! (and thanks, John) - Micah

Double ha! - Jenny H

Thank you Steven. - Micah

1.04 - Scott. Cat Herder.

2.28 - Jesse Stay

1.66 (updated) - Eric - seven eleven

1.25 - holly #ravingfangirl

Thanks Scott, Jesse, Eric and holly! - Micah

58,144/3,749=15.509, basically due to multiple feed imports. - Daniel Mietchen

*BUMP* - Micah

1.60 (22,066/13,819) - Micah

:) @Jason. - Micah

0.69 - Absentee

0.76 - Steven Perez

slightly off of my usual this time: 1.01 - Jim #TeamMonique

Thanks James, Steven and Jim "STAY-ON-TAR-GET" Jannotti. :) - Micah

.98(20,405/20,834) - Jimminy IS Everybody

1.36 (20684/15224) - Bren from iPhone

Thank you, Jimminy, Greg and Bren! - Micah

1.88 (21954/11691) Chatty Cathy, apparently. - Jenny H

11289/9010 = 1.25 (wonder if some comments are from imported feeds) - Mike Chelen

Thanks Jenny and Mike. :) - Micah

Sorry - Micah .... but the math is just too complicated :) - Charlie Anzman

Charlie, I'm make it simple. I'll do the talking, you drive the get-away car—we'll split it even: 80/20. - Micah

Damn, More Homework. - Brent - Yes I am

including this comment (119,119C/1677L) ... 71.03 - Chris Heath

1.21 - Joe Bonner

1.56 (24,076/15,472) - Micah

*BUMP* - it's that time again. Also, I passed 24K comments recently. - Micah

0.74 - Michael R. Bernstein

Thanks, Micahel. - Micah

113,457 comments / 166,887 likes = .68 - RAPatton

2.02 (31627/15675) I need to start liking more and shut the hell up. - Jenny H

1:1.618, of course. - Josh Haley from iPhone

2.60 - Jack&Cleo

I was waiting for that from you, Mr. Haley. - Lisa | #TeamMonique from Android

Those are some heavy hitter numbers there, RAPatton. Thanks. :) - Micah

I've been on FF for a long time, Michah, because I am really, really old. - RAPatton

LOL Josh. These aren't the maths you looking for. [lateral hand wave] - Micah

Jenny, do not take your own advice; not advisable. - Micah

Thanks, Jack & Cleo. - Micah

RAPatton, you're not old—you triple-comment-excerpt every bookmarklet post :)) - Micah

Cristo, this post is an ancient relic. Handle with care. - Micah

0.13 - Morton Fox

Okay, Micah. <----I had to resist the urge not to post that because I know it's going to up my comment count. ;) - Jenny H

But how many of those primordial, high interest posts are still active. Uh huh. :) - Micah

Thanks, Morton. BTW, when you posted in February, it was exactly 0.13 also. - Micah

Jenny, resistance is futile; embrace the rising tide of comments. - Micah

Comments are more difficult and time consuming than Likes. I'd be happy about a high comment:likes ratio except that many are surely imported from feeds, while every Like is manual. - Mike Chelen

it has changed to 2.2256 now as Sep, 6 2010.Labor Day. :) I added the date for future references. - ۳۰ مرغ Loves Y'ALLLLL

IN HONOUR OF DERRICK'S 100,000th LIKE: http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... - Micah

1.54 (25,102/16,257) - Micah

.82 - Alex Scrivener

Thanks, Alex. - Micah

2.29.... 26 HR, 89 RBI - .LAG liked that

.15 on March 21, 2009. Now .19. - Pixie

Thanks, MarkJ, .LAG and Alix! :) - Micah

Thank you, Deepak! - Micah

1.47 (24757/16749) - Bren

I make a lot of comments but no one like me, so I guess the ratio is infinite or undefined. - Sue - Friendfeed is best

1.45 (29653/20444) *BUMP* - Micah

1.22 (31900/26233) - holly #ravingfangirl

.59 (58,923/99,251) - Scoble, Alex Scoble

6.61 (2825/427 )... I'm a wee bit chatty - Shannon - GlassMistress

I had exactly a 2:1 ratio as previously reported [Aug 30, '09], now I am at: 1.7241:1 ratio. 6,067 comments to 3,519 likes. - Yo Joe. No, go slow.

0.79 as of 6 Jan 2011. - John E. Bredehoft

my brain hurts - Morgan

Two years later and my ratio has climbed from 3.4 to 4.675. I've got a lot to say, apparently. - Kevin Fox

Funnily, I didn't notice until after leaving that comment that when I reported my stat in 2009 I also followed it up with "I've got stuff to say." I didn't say it was *new* stuff... - Kevin Fox

1.000 (27093/27080) - Jimminy IS Everybody

I've had an improvement since the last few times this has come up. I was .49 or close to it, now I'm running a .57 ratio - Bluesun 2600

1.68 (55826/33281) - Jenny H

81.1 - rising consistently - Chris Heath

I think this is the oldest thread I see that still gets new comments added. - Sue - Friendfeed is best

*BUMP* - Micah

1.40 (32175/22968) - Micah

I dunno, I'm not good with math - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

0.35 ... Apparently I'm not very talkative. - John (bird whisperer)

Thanks, John and Shawn. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

1.459 (33067/22667) - Bren from iPhone

looks familiar... - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

2.6 (wow, this thread is like my yearly checkup; thanks micah and friendfeed, 3+years and going strong [6.4%, 2.33%]) - chaz2b

1.02 (38,615, 37,927) 9/27/11 - Jimminy IS Everybody

1.29 (36,959 / 28,580) - Micah

Thanks, Jimminy, Bren, WoH, and chaz2b. :) - Micah

.46 now. :) - LB: #TeamMonique

Thank you, LB. - Micah

0.33 (34741/105115) - John (bird whisperer)

0.93 - c.a.j.

Thanks John. Gracias, caj. - Micah

1.57 (24,460/15,624). It was 1.12 the day after the OP. - Tinfoil 2.0

The likes dim and comms brim. - Micah

2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago). for history's sake, this thread was started shortly after i found friendfeed, or friendfeed found me, so it holds a special place in my heart. thanks for keeping it around mr micah - chaz2b

You're certainly welcome, chaz2b. In some way it feels like a living heirloom to me. :) - Micah

*BUMP* - Micah

1.25 (40,008/31,895) - Micah

1.15 - Kristin

0.33 - John (bird whisperer)

1.41 - Headless Gnad Kicker

5.12 - Julian

3 (2.991) (and now the list has become too lengthy for me to track my progress, ;) [dumb me, i have a post not 10 lines ago in history, from 090711 2.91; 6.43% (@ 2yrs ago) 2.33% (@ 1yr ago) ;) ] - chaz2b

.79 - Shevonne

24 072 / 35 095 = 0.685909674 - AJ Batac

0,77 (before and after this comment) - loi

2.65 (69,814 comments/26,281 likes) - Spidra Webster

1.51 = 28,196/18,717. Was 1.57 in Sept 2011 and 1.12 in Jan 2009. - Tinfoil 2.0

*BUMP* - Micah

0.174 (6966/40022) - Not much of a talker. - Kevin Johnson

1.18 - Soup in a TARDIS

1.23 (41,476 / 33,845) - Micah

1.43 - Tamara J.

.15 on March 21, 2009, .19. on September 18, 2010, and .22 today (March 8, 2012). - Pixie

*BUMP* for Ross - Micah

2.83 - Ross Miller

1.97 on 2012-04-24 - ؛ patrick

0.99 (44,752, 45,200) 4/24/11 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); - Jimminy IS Everybody

0.90 - Uli - Sent to Coventry

1.6 - AJ Batac

1.03 - Ryan Kaisoglus

1.34 Did you finish all your profiling yet, Micah? - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

1.22 (42,526 / 34,975) - Micah

Glad to see you here, Ross. Thanks for the updates everyone. WoH, the master plan is coming together nicely. - Micah

Excellent *steeples fingers* - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

*staples fingers* - John (bird whisperer)

Hmm, can you order finger-steeples on Amazon? - Micah

*readies the Band-Aids* - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Micah: I can sell you some, cheap. Just fax your credit card, SIN and maiden name to the usual number. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

My facsimile machine is in dry dock at the moment, but I'll pigeon over a small scroll with all the requisite datums. - Micah

Done and done. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

2.95 - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

0.45 - Ahmet Yükseltürk

0.31 <-- about the same as usual - John (bird whisperer)

After the last 19+ hours, it's high time to log-in your stats again. - Micah

1.20 (45878 / 38084) - Micah

1.54 (32,913 comments / 21,412 likes) - Tinfoil 2.0

Thanks, Tinfoil. - Micah

Try dividing by zero and find out (http://friendfeed.com/micahwi... ) - Micah

1.04 (10778 / 10303) - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

Thanks, DB. - Micah

Currently 0.3. - John (bird whisperer)

Thanks, John. - Micah

1.01 (47,240, 46,956) 9/13/12 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); 1.01, (47,240, 46,956), (14.September.2012); - Jimminy IS Everybody

0.62 - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from Android

Thanks, Jimminy and Zulema. - Micah

BUMP - in honor of Kevin's 8K comment threshold. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

.38 - March 15, 2013 - Jennifer Dittrich

0.279 (58096/208087) - John (bird whisperer)

0.172283 (8005/46464) - Kevin Johnson

0.75 (38,250 comments / 50,175 likes) (My entry above from 2 years ago said I had 10,782 comments and 7,666 likes for a ratio of 1.41. I've been busy, and my pattern seems to have changed.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Thanks, Jennifer, John, Kevin and Stephen. :) - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

0.51 (6,883/13,438) - Stephan Planken from iPhone

5.72, though I deleted my first account, like, 3 years ago - Meg V. Meg

1.03 (51,436, 50,018) 3/15/13 || 0.83, (?, ?), (28.August.2009); 0.97, (6,694, 6,929), (11.Nov.2009); 0.91, (13,933, 15,222), (17.April.2010); 0.94, (15,045, 15,978), (11.May.2010); .98, (20,405, 20,834), (03.August.2010); 1.00, (27,093, 27,080), (06.January.2011); 1.02, (38,615, 37,927), (27.September.2011); 0.99 (44,752, 45,200), (24.April.2012); 1.01, (47,240, 46,956), (14.September.2012); 1.03 (51,436, 50,018), (15.March.2013); - Jimminy IS Everybody

.44. I guess I'm getting lazy. - LB: #TeamMonique

2.22. I use YouFeed a lot, and liking takes an inordinate amount of time on the app.... - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

3.10 up from 2.83 a year ago. - Ross Miller

Thanks, Ross. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

BUMP - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

0.51 - Ahmet Yükseltürk

1.07 - Kristin

1.03 - Bren from iPhone

1.90 - Jason - The Opaque from Android

This thread is amazing. What a treasure trove of information - Bren from iPhone

0.62 (5077/8197) as of 4/29/13 - Betsy #TeamMonique

2.49 today - Marissa

Monique the crochet freak

I got some much needed rest last night. I'm ready to journalism now.

February 22 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Let's Journalism for Happy Time! - Tyson Key

Winckel

An alternate universe - http://www.marco.org/2012...

October 27 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"On the way to the Apple Store today to buy AppleCare+ for my wife’s new iPhone 5, we passed the new Microsoft Store, coincidentally in the middle of their Surface with Windows RT launch. (That is actually the product’s name. “Surface with Windows RT”.) They had set up a table and an Xbox demo in the hallway and were giving away “Microsoft Surface”-branded disposable rain ponchos (this entire mall is indoors, including the parking, and it didn’t rain today) and muffin fragments (much like when you order a soda on a plane, they pour a third of it into a little plastic cup full of hollow ice cylinders, and they don’t let you keep the rest of the can). An employee with a microphone in front of the Xbox kiosk was talking to the audience of nobody as if it were a dance party. The store is creepy: so many elements are embarrassingly similar to the Apple Store on the next floor. Microsoft even ripped off trivial elements that easily could have been different, such as the employee uniform.... more... - Winckel from Bookmarklet

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They're really trying, aren't they? - Tyson Key

Happy New Year! Winckel. Wherever you are, I wish you the best of everything, - mina_sydney

Wow, what a rant! ONE positive comment in the whole thing! - MiniMage

Happy New Year, Henry! - Maitani

He hasn't been here in a while; you might want to try @HWinckelmann on Twitter. - Stephan Planken from iPhone

Thank you, Stephan. Happy New Year to you and your loved ones:) - mina_sydney

Thank you, Mina, all the best to you and yours! - Stephan Planken from iPhone

Tyson Key

Facebook Syndication Error - http://www.facebook.com/feeds...

October 2 from a blog - Comment - Like - Share

This feed URL is no longer valid. Visit this page to find the new URL, if you have access: ‎<a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes...">http://www.facebook.com/notes...</a>‎ - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

Re: Texas Instruments wants to ditch smartphones, switch focus to embedded processors - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

September 26 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"I wouldn't be surprised if "losing" Nokia as a smartphone SOC customer had a part to play in this decision - given that pretty much every Nokia smartphone in existence, prior to the introduction of the Lumia range contained an OMAP SOC." - Tyson Key

Scoble, Alex Scoble

Do you pronounce sudo as sue-doo or sue-doe or su-su-sudio?

September 11 - Comment - Like - Share

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I pronounce it as sue-doe. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

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I pronounce it "Run as Administrator" - Jemm

sue-doe - ronin

I started pronouncing it su-su-sudio somewhere in the 80's - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

That's awesome, Marco, hehe. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Anyone else? - Scoble, Alex Scoble

i pronouce it as "root" :P - imabonehead

I don't say that out loud. - John (bird whisperer)

I've never said that word in my life. - Derrick

I say su-doe. Jeff says sue-doo. It's a common debate here. - Rochelle

sue-doe - DB, Just DB #TeamMonique

I <3 you Derrick. May you always remain a sudo virgin. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Is this a question for Linux nerds? Or a surreptitious request for spelling correction? - Bren from iPhone

I'll try my best. - Derrick

It's like playdough but instead of playing you sue so it's more adult sounding. - Todd Hoff

LOL, Bren, not just for Linux nerds. UNIX nerds can participate too. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Coolio. - Bren from iPhone

I have a good one, but it is quite misogynist. - Julian

Sue doo - Victor Ganata

Oh well, Victor, we had to have something to argue about. :D Other than compulsory voting that is, hehe. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Another sue-doo here, as well. Used to be sue-doe for a short time, till I learned what it actually stood for, then sue-doo made more sense. - April Russo

I think that saying it like pseudo makes more sense since it allows you to act as pseudo root. Of course this means that the original creators had such a sense of humor, but they may not have. I just can't say sue doo after hearing every other UNIX/Linux admin I've ever known for the last 20 years call it sudoe. I hadn't heard sue doo used until yesterday and it struck me as such a comical way to say it that I started this thread in multiple places. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I don't know how true this is, but the etymology Wikipedia presents is that it's from 'su' and the verb 'do' because it lets you do things as the superuser. I think this is supported by the fact that the config file is /etc/sudoers, i.e., "su doers" which basically lists the users who can do things as the superuser. - Victor Ganata

Yes, that appears to be true, but it's not nearly as neat plus it makes it sound too close to doo doo. Anyhow, I think this is one of those things where both are now accepted as proper pronunciation. No need for us to create another internet war, unless you really want to have fun and waste a few minutes of your life doing it. :D - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I think it's also a bit of a slice of life that someone, and I doubt I'm the only one, can go through over 20 years working or living in a space and not be aware of things that happened within that space. So much knowledge is out there that even in a given field we won't encounter most of it. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

"Sue-doe" - Tyson Key

Andrew C (✓)

Last week, it occurred to me: what will our grandchildren listen to that can annoy a dubstep generation?

September 17 - Comment - Like - Share

Tyson Key, John (bird whisperer), Mark H and 2 other people liked this

Hard to imagine, innit? :-P - Eivind

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I imagine it will all come full circle. They'll be pissed about their kids blasting neo-neoclassical. - Victor Ganata

Or maybe some demented hybrid mashup, like death metal played with erhus and gamelans. - Victor Ganata

Country music - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I think Victor's second suggestion is more likely. I vaguely understand people have been predicting a sort of return to older styles since rap in the 80's. - Andrew C (✓)

Or maybe in the smartglasses era, music will finally become permanently audio-visual. - Andrew C (✓)

Now you've got me wondering if simulated synasthesia will totally be the thing. The next generation of music players will let you taste songs. - Victor Ganata

Dubstep with Korean rapping, vuvuzelas, and yodelling? *Shivers* - Tyson Key

(But then, I don't like dubstep, so)... - Tyson Key

I think that exists now, though ;) - Victor Ganata

Speedcore. - Rochelle

Victor Ganata

Illegal rat meat 'sold to public' - http://flpbd.it/UrYvj

September 17 from Tumblr - Comment - Like - Share

Kelli H., WoH: Professor MOTHRA, April Russo and 4 other people liked this

Now I can't help but ask: there's *legal* rat meat? - Victor Ganata

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^ this - DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE

Bleh. - Derrick

eww - esther

I think illegal rats ARE a serious problem, but that doesn't mean I want to EAT THEM! (Nor do I care to eat the legal rats running around out there, FWIW.) - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Beautiful, rat-free Alberta. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Unfortunately, Alberta is no longer rat free. - DJF

I'm pretty sure Eric Clapton says "Alberta Alberta, where your rats all gone?" in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch... #MaybeNot - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Well, I don't believe ROUSs exist. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Yuck. - Tyson Key

Jessie to Jessie's feed, Soup in a TARDIS

'Bic for Her' Pens Deluged With Sarcastic Reviews on Amazon | Adweek - http://www.adweek.com/adfreak...

August 27 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Morton Fox, Heather, Anne Bouey and 24 other people liked this

"The sarcastically adoring Amazon.com review is a time-honored bit of anti-consumerism dating back to the Three Wolf Moon T-shirt and surely further than that. Now, it's Bic's turn to get savaged, as women (and some men) are flooding the Amazon.co.uk product page for "Bic for Her" pens with comically reverent five-star reviews, and some just-as-funny one-star ones. The pens—which are described right there in the technical specs as being "designed to fit comfortably in a woman's hand" with an "attractive barrel design available in pink and purple"—have been around for a while, but this wave of backlash is just gathering steam. Check out some of the reviews below." - Jessie from Bookmarklet

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"When I saw these I just had to have them, so I asked my Husband to buy them for me. He refused, as he said that owning a pen might make me Think, and then have Ideas Of My Own. Then I might start to Write, which would take time away from my wifely duties such as Cooking, Cleaning, and Bearing Children. Of course he was Absolutely Right, none of these tasks require a pen, and so I have to give these one star." - Jessie

*snerk* From the US Amazon site: "Someone has answered my gentle prayers and FINALLY designed a pen that I can use all month long! I use it when I'm swimming, riding a horse, walking on the beach and doing yoga. It's comfortable, leak-proof, non-slip and it makes me feel so feminine and pretty! Since I've begun using these pens, men have found me more attractive and approchable. It has... more... - Jessie

I know what Jessie's getting for christmas! - SteVe C

LOLOL " I wasn't surprised to find that they last a bit longer then the male counterpart Bic pens, which run out of ink after only a few minutes and then they sort of wilt." - Jessie

This is one of those things that makes me fall back in love with people. <3 Amazon reviewers are the best. - Hookuh Tinypants

Lmao! Jessie the reviews you posted are hilarious, and now I'm reading some of these, and I cannot stop laughing. - Monique the crochet freak

You're welcome, Monique! I love when people do this on Amazon. It totally makes my day. - Jessie

Hah! "We tried to give her men's pens but she used to rip the cartridges out and drink the ink”. - Tyson Key

I 100% saw a real ad for these while watching a show on Hulu Plus. They actually made a real TV ad for these. It's so ridiculous. - Janelle Scarpelli

I found it! http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Janelle Scarpelli

OMG Janelle that's awful. I can't believe that actually aired. - Jessie

Kevin Fox

Android makers think 'How can we get this feature in there?' Apple thinks 'Can we do without this feature?' Reminds me of old Google.

August 28 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

Jérôme, Stephan Planken, Bruce Lewis and 7 other people liked this

You can't really out Apple Apple so you have to do something different. - Todd Hoff

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I miss so many features on iOS :( - Amit Patel

After trying the iPhone in France this year, I can't imagine why anyone would pick the iPhone over Android. Turn by turn navigation alone is worth the price of admission into the Android Army. - Piaw Na

I don't think turn by turn nav is high on most people's priority list when looking for a smartphone. - ronin

As for me, turn by turn nav is one reason I would not switch to an iPhone, ronin. - Friar Ticket to Ride

I don't even turn Location Services on. Any kind of nav is a non-issue for me. - Tinfoil 2.0

...and it's coming in iOS6 - Johnny from iPhone

Turn by turn nav is a relatively small issue for me; I don't drive. It's nice every once in a while. - Andrew C (✓)

Kevin, are there specific features you wish Android had removed? - Bruce Lewis

Bah, one person's "bloat" is another's "essential feature". - Tyson Key

I agree with Tyson. As much as I like using simple systems, I more dislike using simple systems that don't do what I want. - Amit Patel

Android still has no support for Cisco IPSec VPN. e.g I can remote control my work desktop from my iPhone and iPad. I have to use IOS. - Mike Nencetti

Android developers I talked to in the Cambridge, MA Google office didn't seem like featuritis types. - Bruce Lewis

Tyson Key

Re: DNP RoMOS is Russia's take on Android OS, shields users from Google's prying eyes - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

September 4 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"Um, no. The Android kernel's just a modified version of the mainline Linux one. If anything "interesting" happens, it'll be in the proprietary application layer packages that Google, OEMs, or operators supply for use on top of the open Android components." - Tyson Key

Winckel

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August 27 - Comment - Like - Share

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this isn't Tuscany but it fits my mind's eye's view of what Tuscany is. It would be nice to have a little cottage there :-) - Winckel

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Pretty. :) - Tyson Key

And probably smells excellent :) - Winckel

it reminds me of the provence rather than tuscany...but either way, beautiful :) - grizabella

I believe it is grizabella - Winckel

yep, it is in provence - Charlie AIGOR Brown

Tyson Key

Re: Meet the OwnFone: a customizable mobile phone that epitomizes simplicity - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

August 25 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"No, the UK government doesn't mandate the installation of GPS receivers, for emergency services geolocation in mobile phones - and there are still a lot of new, and existing devices on sale here without them." - Tyson Key

Winckel

Microsoft Unveils a New Look - http://blogs.technet.com/b...

August 23 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

Mahdi E, Iván Abrego, Jemm and 11 other people liked this

minimal, well executed, nice evolution of the former brand identity. I definitely like it - Sig. N

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Looks good to me - Todd Hoff

The design is by Pentagram, who worked for a bunch of multinational companies in the past (including microsoft) http://www.pentagram.com/work... - Sig. N

it means Windows forever though, doesn't it? I don't see much conceptual evolution........ - Winckel

If you think about it, it's quite stupid to keep two different brand identities at the same time, one for the company logo and one for the products (not only windows, Office is pretty much the same concept) - Sig. N

I'd suggest Apple has perhaps managed it better, MacOS X and iOS together - complementary but different, and Apple Computer Inc becomes Apple Inc? - Winckel

The chaps from redmond are rebranding and their rebranding appears to suggest that they are windows only and windows forever; this is reflected in their approach to their - apparently keenly priced - tablet. They're endeavouring to move to mobile computing (phones, tablets) - albeit perhaps belatedly - and they believe this is a core windows market, consistent with "windows everywhere".... more... - Winckel

oh, finally a GOOD MS logo - M.

And cristo disappears......like a thief in the night......though his post was "Your last paragraph is a stew of thoughts and opinions, some of which I actually agree with. However, sometimes it's nice to just have a discussion about a specific topic, such as brand identity, without drawing in all other aspects of a business. Giving the branding problem, without changing everything else,... more... - Winckel

Despite being more colourful than the previous version, something about it seems dull, and generic to me. - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

vmlemon: @jfourgeaud Hah, if you want tricky, try Korean, Arabic, or Hindi. They combine the worst aspects of alphabets, and logographies. - http://twitter.com/vmlemon...

August 11 from Twitter / Favorites from... - Comment - Like - Share

I still get a kick out of this joke: "English is written in a logographic script cleverly disguised as an alphabet." Hangul and Devanagari seem like straightforward syllabaries (although it's possible to decompose Hangul glyphs.) Arabic is just written in an alphabet with no vowels. - Victor Ganata

Heh, I don't know why I accidentally "starred" my own post - but that's good point, Victor. :) - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

vmlemon on Looking for HOWTO to get airprobe and RTLSDR working in linux - http://www.reddit.com/r...

August 3 from Reddit - Comment - Like - Share

"I used the latest revision of AirProbe from http://git.gnumonks.org/cgi-bin..., and didn't bother with coercing "gsm-tvoid" into working. It's only really necessary to build the contents of the "gsmdecode", and "gsm-receiver" directories, when working with RTL-SDR (since the other stuff is either unnecessary, or handled appropriately automatically), if I remember correctly." - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

vmlemon on Looking for HOWTO to get airprobe and RTLSDR working in linux - http://www.reddit.com/r...

August 2 from Reddit - Comment - Like - Share

"Thanks for sharing one of my posts, Atrix621. I'd like to apologise for its brevity; and let you know that I'm planning on writing a follow-up post that covers configuring, and using SCM revisions of AirProbe, and the OSMoCom TETRA tools - and maybe poking around the European UMTS bands, relatively soon." - Tyson Key

Roberto Bonini

Asking @Elysee to tweet in English would be too much to ask, wouldn't it? :)

July 23 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

Isn't French just English with "Le"/"La"/"Un" appended to every other word, some odd spellings, and accented characters, anyway? ;) - Tyson Key

Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Quick with the one-liner

May 15, 2009 - Comment - Like - Share

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"You have the Midas touch. Everything you touch turns into a muffler." -- Henny Youngman - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

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"When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety." -- Steven Wright - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"When I die, I would like to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather did. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car." -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"When I grow up I want to be a futurist because I want to know what happens next." - Kevin Fox

(Is that one by you, Kevin?) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

It has my name after it. right? ;-) Seriously, I ws going to give myself attribution, but it seemed weird to say "-- Kevin Fox - Kevin Fox" - Kevin Fox

On the other hand, you just said "-- Kevin Fox - Kevin Fox" - Kevin Fox - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"Me fail English? That's unpossible." -- Ralph Wiggum - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"If I were manager of a Black Angus restaurant, I'd have one person responsible for going out at dusk to make sure the 'G' lights up." -- Emo Philips - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home." -- Rodney Dangerfield - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"A girl phoned me the other day and said, 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home." -- Rodney Dangerfield - Kevin Fox

I'm still waiting for a fireman and stripper to have an affair; I can see the see the headline now, "Stripper Caught on Fireman's Pole" - Jimminy IS Everybody

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." -- Yogi Berra - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." -- unknown - Dylan Parker

(Dylan, per this site, http://www.lspace.org/ftp..., that great line is by Terry Pratchett from "Jango.") - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with ‘Guess’ on it. I said, 'Thyroid problem?’" -- Peter Kay - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

I was on the street. This guy waved to me, and he came up to me and said, “I’m sorry, I thought you were someone else.” And I said, “I am.” - Demetri Martin - Aneto

I LOVE Demetri Martin. That is not a one liner. Just sayin'. - Lisa | #TeamMonique

"The trouble with unemployment is that the minute you wake up in the morning you're on the job." -- Slappy White - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins." -- Mae West - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive." -- W.C. Fields - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

There Stephen, I "liked" your thread, are you happy now?! ;) - Georgia

My happiness is infinite and unbounded. -- Me - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." -- Oscar Wilde - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents." -- Billiam Coronel - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"Marge, I'm not going to stand here and lie to you, so I'll be at Moe's" - Homer S. - Mark Layton

"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes." -- some guy on Reddit - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

(Seen on a fridge magnet) "It speaks well of the human race that we allow our teenagers to live." - Dylan Bennett

"This is the worst kind of discrimination. The kind against me!" -- Bender, Futurama (yay renewed!) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Futurama got renewed?! When where. :) - Dario Gomez

Haggis with the scoop! http://friendfeed.com/haggis... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"The wages of sin are death. But by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling." -- Paula Poundstone - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"How many members of a certain demographic group does it take to perform a specified task?" "A finite number: one to perform the task and an additional number to act in a manner stereotypical of the group in question." - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing." -- Dave Barry - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Just because you can, it doesn't mean you should... - Tyson Key

Aperture Science: "We do what we must, because we can" - Kevin Fox

'I sprayed spot remover on my dog and now he's gone.' –– Steven Wright - Akiva

'I came home the other day only to find that everything in my apartment had been stolen and replaced with an exact duplicate.' –– Steven Wright - Akiva

'Do you know why Jewish husbands die before their wives? Because they want to!' –– Henny Youngman - Akiva

Very nice, Akiva, keep 'em coming. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

[Not necessarily a one-liner but a personal favorite] When interviewing a woman who had six children, Groucho Marx asked her why so many. She replied, 'Because I love my husband!' He said, 'Well, lady, I love my cigar, too, but I take it out of my mouth every once in awhile.' - Akiva

'I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.' –– George Carlin - Akiva

[Another personal favorite] 'I'd never join a club that would have someone like me as a member.' –– Groucho Marx - Akiva

Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you! - Morgan

'You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.' –– George Carlin - Akiva

'Everything in moderation including moderation.' - Akiva

'This sentence is a lie.' - Akiva

"In the future, everyone will be obscure for fifteen minutes". - me - Michael R. Bernstein

"Very good, then we shall fight them in the shade!" - Chris Charabaruk

"If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me." -- Bobcat Goldthwait - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

The funny thing is that the video may end up helping him a lot more. Getting someone else to even out the fight doesn't work so well when the cops have billy clubs, mace, tazers and guns (not to mention the law). - Kevin Fox

He's a little beyond help now though... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' - Leslie Nielsen (via Gmail clips box just now) - Paul Buchheit

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg (RIP) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." -- Groucho Marx (as Capt. Spaulding in "Animal Crackers") - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." -- Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Never argue with an idiot. Someone else might not be able to tell the difference. - Kevin (aka ThreadKilla)

"Trust me, that fall won't kill you. But the deceleration poisoning is a bitch..." - Jonathan Disher

"When you're Amish, everyone's relative." - Kevin Fox

"Recently I got caught masturbating -- to National Geographic. Not my finest moment. I don't know who was more embarrassed, me or my dentist." -- Anthony Jeselnik - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

#humdaybumpday (I've been trying to find this post again for more than a year now! I missed it a lot.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Tyson Key

Re: EEG headware probes your neurons, shows interrogators your cranial contact list - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

July 12 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"There's also another called NeuroSky working on similar technology - which they've already commercialised." - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

Re: The Top 10 best sounding Symbian smartphones ever - http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/feature...

June 15, 2012 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"The N73, and the HS-23 headset were a wonderful combination, as far as audio reproduction was concerned. The internal speaker was OK for FM radio usage; and great for playing alarm sounds, and ringtones - but a mixed bag for general music playback. It's just a shame that they chose to use an incredibly flimsy joystick component (the plastic nub has fell out of both N73s that I've owned), and their proprietary PopPort connector; and that it didn't support HSDPA. S60 3rd Edition FP1 (at least) support would have been nice, in hindsight, too." - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

Re: Sky+ rolls out a new HD guide starting today, keeps live, DVR and VOD TV level (video) - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

June 7, 2012 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"Yeah, mostly written by NDS using OpenTV middleware (previously running on a proprietary kernel on the Sky+HD/Sky+/vanilla DigiBoxes, - and now on Linux on Sky+HD boxes, instead), and XTV for the PVR functionality. As a side note - despite the Sky+HD boxes having Ethernet ports for the VOD service, all other interactive functionality that requires a return path (e.g. the Sky Active game score updater, and former e-mail access service) is *still* carried out using a 56k dial-up modem, until this day." - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

Re: New smaller SIM format gets standardized, shrinks 40 percent - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

June 1, 2012 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"Nice idea - but a SIM card isn't just a few kilobytes of EEPROM data that can be copied at will. SIM cards also contain a CPU, and software that accepts commands to store/retrieve data, perform cryptographic functions on data from the cellular network (using keys that are protected from external tampering, for authentication), and interface with application software running on the rest of the phone (to support displaying menus, and to determine device functionality)." - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

Re: New smaller SIM format gets standardized, shrinks 40 percent - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

June 1, 2012 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"The GSM SIM card was originally developed from existing ISO7816 smartcard technology (as also used by credit/debit cards, energy prepayment cards, and TV Conditional Access cards), since it was presumably more cost-effective than totally, and unnecessarily inventing the wheel with new protocols, and form factors. That said, technology of the day (in the '90s, when GSM was being developed) simply wasn't advanced enough to further miniaturise something the size of a credit card, anyway." - Tyson Key

Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

If you're making a presentation, how many people does it generally take being in the audience before you get nervous?

May 4, 2012 from iPhone - Comment - Like - Share

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(Assuming you're prepped and ready and an expert in the topic.) - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

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It depends on how familiar I am with the people, or at least a few of them. I'm normally actually a little calmer once it's a bigger group, and not all acquainted peers, though with a bigger group I need some friends there. Though the main issue is with personal knowledge, and not the crowd. - Jimminy IS Everybody

For me it's less about the number of people but more about who's in the audience. - esther

If I'm an expert in the topic, then a crowd over 30 starts to make me nervous. - Kristin

I'm equally nervous whether it's 2 or 200. I think the most I've presented before is about 500, give or take. - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

I get nervous after I present, not before. It's more efficient. - Louis Gray

I'm usually more nervous in front of smaller groups, but it depends on who's in the group. - John (bird whisperer)

Over 200 usually - SteVe C

1 - Pixie

Depends on how many are actually present, vs. tuning in on TV. - Brian Johns

I'm actually better in a big room if it's mostly full. The auditorium size, empty, freaks me right out. And when people start to arrive the fear shifts to no one wanting to hear me, that I'll be talking to big emptyish room. Once I start talking, I haven't noticed a size fear. (But, I don't think I've talked to a room of more than 400 though. Or on TV) - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

25, and then another big jump at about 100. - Marianne

I only have a fear of private speaking. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Micah, I don't have much of a problem with that, but I always get laughed at. :( - Jimminy IS Everybody

Medium is better than huge or small. When it's huge, I get intimidated by the size. When it's small, you can see each individual's reaction. - Spidra Webster

Around 40+. - Kelli H.

Good point by Rudi on the tv thing, the cameras make me more nervous than people. - SteVe C

I've only ever been nervous when being interviewed on camera. Live audiences do not bother me, but cameras do. No idea why. Probably because it is a permanent record. - Mary Carmen

I'm always nervous before I speak. The only times I've felt slightly intimidated were extremes: <15 people in a room for 200, and >600 in a traditional (theater-style) auditorium in a different country. - Walt Crawford

Mine is usually determined by the amount of money they paid to be there. - Eric - seven eleven

Number doesn't seem to matter to me. I'm nervous before all presentations, which I interpret as a good thing. As a librarian, I also speak to classes at my college, and that doesn't really make me nervous. - Steele Lawman

Nervousness starts when I feel unprepared from first notification of a presentation/speech/sermon until it's over. There is always a bit of nervousness before each presentation. It doesn't matter how many people are in the room/auditorium/on screen. Usually, it dissipates when I start the actual presentation, and for some apparent reason I forget that they are there until the Q&A begins.... - CarlC, spelling expert

Less than 10. If I can see every person, then I get nervous. The more people there, the more I can think of them as a single entity - Johnny

depends who it is, dummies pffft whatever, smarties, first sec - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

Not sure. Largest group I've ever presented to has been around 800 and I wasn't nervous there. But then again, I've always done presentations and training sessions with the mindset that I am more knowledgable than anyone else in the room and therefore there's no way I can look stupid. The false arrogance helps. LOL - Hookuh Tinypants

I've presented at conferences with hundreds in the room and not been particularly nervous. And then I made a presentation to a small delegation of Chinese officials in a small conference room and was ready to barf from nerves. It was on a very technical subject, and they seemed to be looking for me to slip up, plus some of the younger members seemed to be trying to impress their seniors... more... - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

Some very interesting stories and perspectives, thanks all. I expected more people saying "1" -- many people get nervous presenting anything. For me, if I'm prepared and comfortable with the material, I don't usually have any nerves (thank high school speech and debate for that). I think the largest group I've ever presented to was about 800. Cameras haven't made me nervous in the past... more... - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

I find the oppositte completely. If I were presenting to a small group of my piers, who're well educated maybe even on the topic vs a huge auditorium of 700 that half are asleep. 700 please. - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

10 - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I get nervous at about 20 and stop being nervous above 100 or so. It's an odd window. - Kevin Fox

yes Christo, I c. No spling h8, bcuz I'd be speaking and the sound exact oar my assitant would be ASL sineing. The above iz a commend diebait n leegal tack-tict/gametheory thingy. The great level of anxiety < the great the amount of people present. - sofarsoShawn ~presque...

1200. - Steven Perez

I can't tell. Maybe, 100? - AJ Batac

um, myself is more than enough, :/ - chaz2b

It depends upon my familiarity with the topic in question, and on how much preparation I've done in advance. I generally dislike giving presentations, though. - Tyson Key

(I still remember the fiasco that was trying to present some hastily-prepared slides (to about 30 people) on "Good governance" that were supposedly related to the use of technology in developing countries, at university. As soon as I saw everyone else's slides, I realised that I completely misunderstood the niche topic that I was forced by my group to present, and ended up improvising for 5 minutes). - Tyson Key

Probably the only positive aspects of the whole experience were that I was able to present it early, and that I didn't have to present it in horribly broken French or (then almost-non-existent) Japanese... - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

Re: BBC editors: please abbreviate properly - http://blog.tommorris.org/post...

May 4, 2012 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"Thanks for this post - even though I discovered it years after its publication. I couldn't agree more with your sentiment, and to be honest, this trend feels like "institutionalised laziness" (for want of a better description)." - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

Re: Pirate Bay Enjoys 12 Million Traffic Boost, Shares Unblocking Tips - http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-...

May 3, 2012 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"For what it's worth, it appears that Orange (owned by France Telecom), aren't currently blocking access to The Pirate Bay for their ADSL-based broadband customers." - Tyson Key

Tyson Key

Re: Amazon outs Cloud Drive desktop app for Windows and Mac, allows easy access to your digital wares - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

May 2, 2012 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"You can also use it with RackSpace's Cloud Files(?) service - which is more economical in the long term, since they don't charge for bandwidth utilisation." - Tyson Key

Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Harold just heard yesterday from his coworkers that their kids are now being teased at school for carrying paper books instead of only ebooks. WTF is wrong with people??

April 24, 2012 - Comment - Like - Share

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What kind of world am I bringing our new baby into? This is truly fucked up :( - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

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sad - VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS

Seriously? When I was of school age, something like an eBook reader would probably have been confiscated by a staff member... - Tyson Key

Well, I guess things have already changed that quickly. (Because you're pretty young, right?) At least in these wealthy, overprivileged suburban schools. They also get teased for not having the latest smart phones and other devices. I feel like backhanding everyone. Kids were shallow about expensive jeans and sneakers back in the 80s & 90s, but these things now cost hundreds of dollars more. What kinds of values are these? - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

(But then, the only devices that I've ever took to school were a PDA (since I was playing a game on it, and forgot to leave it at home), and a mobile phone (usually if we went on a trip)). - Tyson Key

Aah. I'll be 21 in July; and I finished (British) secondary school at 16. - Tyson Key

Right, so things have already changed in about 5 years. Think about it. iPhones have only been in existence for that long. iPads and Kindles for an even shorter time. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

But then, most teachers were technically illiterate (they were the sort of people who thought that you could "blow up the computer", or were "hacking" by opening a CLI session window, or entering the PC BIOS configuration utility), and you were lucky if you could even bring a magazine or book to read at breaks, without an officious nanny being questioning about its contents... - Tyson Key

I still remember the furore surrounding trading card games (especially PokeMon), too. - Tyson Key

That said, as much as I enjoyed learning, I absolutely despised school for most of the time that I was there. - Tyson Key

I'll agree that things have changed, though - and not for the better. (I've recently heard of students setting fire to the toilets, and stealing copper wiring to resell, at our local secondary school). - Tyson Key

I thought about making a comment about Carmel, but I suspect this is going to be more and more common as time goes on. - Katy S

His coworkers are in Greenwood mostly, he thinks, so the southern suburbs of Indianapolis instead of the northern ones. But I'm sure that these Carmel brats are just superficial, if not even more so. It probably is just as bad or worse in most other parts of the country. It's a disturbing, shocking trend. I knew that adult advocates of ebooks could get snobby about ditching paper, but I didn't expect children to get into the act. They don't buy their own devices, usually. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Well, the fact that they don't buy them and are separate from the money-aspect of it probably is part of it. They don't realize how expensive it is for many people. - Katy S

Tyson Key

Re: Google Docs bumps up free storage to 5GB, primes servers for Drive? - http://www.engadget.com/2012...

April 23, 2012 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"I now have a 5GB quota. As for GMail, they've seemingly increased its quota by a whopping 3MB recently - so it's now 7703 MB..." - Tyson Key

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