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Commented on Is this Facebook's "Microsoft Moment"?
I removed myself from every fan page until they fix it. I don't want strangers knowing which local cafe I frequent or anything else that may identify who or where I am. It's not just a matter of controlling my...
Commented on Woman who'd been secretly living in NYC apartment captured on hidden camera
I realized it was fake from the moment the guy is talking at the beginning before the hidden video. And everyone should have certainly known by the time the promenent drinking out of the milk carton shot/cut to him pouring...
Commented on Blackwater founder Erik Prince revealed as a CIA spy
MUCH scarier than being a CIA contract killer - he's now going to teach high school! (http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/02/blackwater-prince-leave)...
Commented on Comcast eats NBC: every media mega-merger needs a cautionary infographic
GE has been in control of NBC, at least Comcast is in the media business. I'm just hoping they decide to charge separately to carry Faux News. That would be awesome. Remember the School House Rock Parody "Media Monopoly?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYgIl6Gso4...
Commented on Scientist explains why climate scientists talk trash
This is why you don't need "privatization." I'd rather scientists compete to be the best, than the mediocre ones bending over to get money....
Commented on Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
I would like to agree with an above poster. Please stop using the Twin Towers image everytime you do a post about 9/11 - it is a jarring and unwelcomed image to pop up randomly. Worse. than. goatsee. And I'm...
Commented on Obey CDC, or Thomas R. Frieden Has a Posse
I still think the Wash Your Hands Dude is the best: http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/stories/_2006/IMAGES2/handwash.jpg...
Commented on Abstinence-only rappers sing about the "Christian Side Hug"
Saddest line eveh: "Jesus didn't hug."...
Commented on Conservative children's book vilifies Nancy Pelosi
It's not a "children's" book, it's talking points for the Faux News set - so they can understand it....
Commented on Lovecraft sculptures
#1 lolz...
Commented on How to memorialize friends who have passed away on Facebook
I seem to remember Corey had a piece up on dealing with his digital self in his will. It was about securing info. Perhaps we need to start leaving instructions about any social networks, etc. in our wills....
Commented on Sikh Holy Men Wearing Spectacularly Large Turbans
The guy who mistook his hat for his wife?...
Commented on Calculate how much it costs to make a sandwich at home
But does it calculate in the cost of spoiled food? I think a PB&J costs a little more than 64 cents if you calculate the part of the loaf of bread that goes moldy before you get to it....
Commented on Conservative California legislator gives pornographic account of his multiple affairs (including a lobbyist) into open mic
Lobbyists are dirty....
Commented on Man stops trial with utterly disgusting behavior
Unicorn stat!...
Commented on How Science Reporting Works
This comic covers science news cycle in a bit more detail: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1174...
Commented on Atheists who'll take in your pets after the Rapture
Bet there's more money to be made by "animal conversions." But from a marketing standpoint, they really need to cut the animal activist part and push the "private insurance" angle. Just tell them the gubmint is going to take control...
Commented on Dinosaur creationist theme park seized by government
Oh Gawd, cue the Glenn Beck lunacypalooza....
Commented on Soldier won't go to Afghanistan because he doesn't believe Obama is the president of the United States
Frank Burns was a major too. This guy is nuts, so he should in fact not be deployed, but given a section 8....
Commented on The incredible "ear stones" of fish
Chorske, here is a DYI version of the Epley Maneuver for vertigo caused by "ear stones." http://www.neurology.org/content/vol63/issue1/images/data/150/DC1/video2.mpg You have to know which ear it is first (Dix-Hallpike test, which looks just like the first position in vid)....
Commented on City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks
They're gonna need a bigger form....
Commented on Was 1971 the best year to be born a geek?
71? Pshaw! I got to watch Zoom, box 350 (if you can sing the rest you are the perfect age)....
Commented on Plants vs. Zombies
I found this through Jayisgames. If anyone needs some strategy tips there's a bunch at the end of the review: http://jayisgames.com/archives/2009/05/plants_vs_zombies.php Also, I just saw that there is a discount code currently there too. Woot!...
Commented on Swine Influenza Update from a Nurse: Virus, Panic, Precautions, and End of the World Websites.
When the rapture comes, can I has all their bacon?...
Commented on 500 million Indians prove their vote by flipping the bird
Me and 69.5 million other people flipped the bird last November too. :)...
Commented on Baby delivers emotional sermon from church stage
I could only make out "I'M SLEEPY!" That is one creepy video....
Commented on Obama's "reset button" metaphor: which is more correct, "restart," "reboot," or "reset"?
1. I don't think it was Obama who came up with that one - he is much better at the metaphors. 2. Whoever did come up with pushing any button when it comes to Russia was an idiot. Pushing a...
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Laroquod commented on Is this Facebook's "Microsoft Moment"?
Really the most comically incompetent change that's happened here is the totally bald-assed public friends lists. That's your 'network', arguably the most valuable information in your database. Even Facebook's new attempt to address criticism of the changes by letting you turn off the little friend box on profile for non-logged-in pageviews - http://bit.ly/7DYN2z - is farcically paperthin. All you have to do is visit their profile in Facebook Lite and their full friends list is there to browse, no matter who they are or their privacy settings... http://lite.facebook.com/ [username] Talking about willfully giving people a false sense of security! Starting...
deckard68 commented on Is this Facebook's "Microsoft Moment"?
"deckard68, have you seen their revised privacy statement? They have redefined your fan pages (*not* just your networks), your profile picture, your location city, and your list of friends as public information." Yes, they are clearly covering their butts by saying that essentially everything on Facebook could somehow get out. But that legalese doesn't change the fact that nothing has changed as far as one appears when one searches for your name. Steven is the only one who has come through with an explanation for why they changed their legalese -- it is because "private" info is available to apps....
boojum_uc commented on Is this Facebook's "Microsoft Moment"?
No, it's not just cover-your-rear-end, I wish that it were. Let me give you a RL example. A friend of mine is a teacher. She keeps her students from her facebook, and had her settings as completely locked down as she could so she wouldn't get harassed (she teaches 11-12 year olds). Even though she selected to hide her friend list and not be indexed in any searches, her students are now still able to see her flist and her fan pages via a iPhone application. Both of those sets of information were hidden before. They don't show up on...
watman commented on Is this Facebook's "Microsoft Moment"?
Photographs are not private either. If you know the direct URL of an image you can view it (just not the FB stuff around it) no matter what privacy settings are applied. You don't even need an FB account because it's just a link to a jpeg. Anyone who knows the URL can email it around and, unfortunately, you cannot control what images other people upload. Add that to ubiquitous photographing and mix in a person with dubious intentions (/"vendetta"), and you could have problems....
Cefeida commented on Is this Facebook's "Microsoft Moment"?
Ugh. I was fine with the privacy changes, as I usually keep a tight rein on them anyway, except it turns out they don't work like Facebook claims. At all. Yesterday, I changed my settings so that no one except me could see posts made to my profile. The setting clearly states 'Only me'. And yet the posts are still available to anyone who clicks a link from my profile. Wtf, Facebook?...

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