So the Firefox crew would succeed in setting the record even if Firefox isn't downloaded as often as other software has been in the past (think Windows Security Updates).Guinness would probably phrase it in terms of the number of non-software-initiated (read: person downloaded) downloads in 24 hours. If people aren't actually clicking something it's a pretty meaningless download record.

More to the point, everyone should go download Docvert because that was released... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 11:18 PM on June 17, 2008

My dream oscar opening would have been a grandiose song and dance number with clever digs all in front of a history of movies about justice, liberty, war, invasion, and ending as Jon Stewart rolls onstage in a tank and throws a lasso around a huge oscar statue, pulls it down, and taking off his sandals and beats the face dusty as he declaring that the audience had their freedom. Then he'd leave the stage and it'd be pitch black for 30 seconds.

As that didn't happen I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:53 PM on March 6, 2006

Every month Dell come out saying they'll use a competitors product in order to scare their current supplier into giving them a better deal.

This time is no different. Like the other times it boils down to Michael Dell talking and analysts writing and nothing more.

Lets say an industry analyst isn't a real job and that I too am an industry analyst. Here's my take:

Michael Dell has made so many public claims of switching to... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 7:28 PM on January 10, 2006

I think bonehead means stairs, like in your house.

'cause I'm protected but I don't know about you guys.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:08 PM on December 14, 2005

Could you not write in all-caps next time. Thanks dude.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 10:42 PM on December 12, 2005

And QuakeAID (mentioned above) is related to Greg Lloyd Smith who you'll remember from various online scams and lies,
Greg Lloyd Smith assumes false identities (such as Amy Jackson) to carry out his online businesses.

GLS registered www.amazon.com.gr in Greece, and then tried to sell it back to Amazon for millions. He was sued by Amazon using the RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations) stautes, and the URL now belongs to Amazon.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 5:27 PM on December 12, 2005

Give him a split personality... Real Lance wakes up in the middle of a race to find that Evil Lance has been peddling the wrong way into a forest for several hours. He's heartbroken, but as the forest creatures surround him he soon remembers who he is. Eye of the Tiger swells in and Lance faces his greatest challenge.

And he's kind of wooden, so how about if his bike can talk (but only he can see it talking) and maybe they time travel and fight crime.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 6:16 PM on December 8, 2005

We try them here right?
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 1:47 AM on December 7, 2005

Repeat

(kidding)
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:28 PM on December 6, 2005

One minute too late my friend.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:31 PM on December 6, 2005

I found this to be a fascinating site to explore, like the equivalent Anna sites.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 11:31 PM on November 15, 2005

Oh darn it, I checked google but the link didn't come up.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 12:01 AM on November 16, 2005

This is not fun!

I searched for threasd with similar terms and but that other thread didn't turn up; I'm sorry for posting on such a similar topic.

My main reason for posting was that although personally repulsive I just always found the way these groups support and try to legitimise themselves an interesting observable event. It's not about fat, just the psychology of it. There's the insiders and outsiders which get their own names. The teaching... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 12:36 AM on November 16, 2005

You don't feel more than concerned? Being around people who eat that much and live such dosile lives for too long makes me feel ill I've never met a fat person who wasn't destructively impulsive... it's a drama they play every hour as their stomaches rumble into action and they hate themselves for it.

And do remember, they're recruiting.

I just love how the internet makes everything normal out of simple numbers. A million monkeys means one is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 1:33 AM on November 16, 2005

This thread couldn't have gone better
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 5:46 PM on November 16, 2005

Yeah I know it, dg. A lot worse.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 9:17 PM on November 16, 2005

Yeah the thread could have gone this way.

That'd sure suck.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 3:32 AM on November 18, 2005

Just for completeness, for feeling full, a followup on ieattapes.com named Feeders are dead sexy.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 3:59 PM on December 5, 2005

The photos of him throughout his life make this so sad :(
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 6:17 PM on December 1, 2005

RC3 is the released version.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:30 PM on November 29, 2005

nightchrome: It's not so incremental... The Firefox 1.0.x series hasn't had their rendering engine changed for two years, and this release is when they've finally caught up to using what's in Mozilla 1.6+. Two years dude!

Also the Mozilla Suite is no longer being developed and now the development is focused on Firefox / Thunderbird / Sunbird / Nvu, which is a pity, because I never did get around to submitting my Mozilla splash screens.

I've got... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:40 PM on November 29, 2005

Ok, I take what I said back about image macros. Reading people's boredom through such played out onomatopoeia as Unnnnngh makes me thirst for Quonsar's elephant pissing gif.

Thirsty.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:55 PM on November 29, 2005

docgonzo: CTRL + pageup / pagedown
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 5:19 PM on November 29, 2005

If the airlines think moving the kids back two rows will save them those airlines don't know holloway.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 2:55 PM on November 29, 2005

In 1996’s Executive Decision Kurt Russell and Steven Seagal are flying Oceanic Airlines… just like in LOST.

20 minutes into the movie a steath bomber’s tube to transfer Steven Seagal is torn and Seagal is thrown out into the sky - 5 kilometers above the ground. The movie makes no further mention of him.

Steven Seagal must have landed on the island 9 years ago and that’s why The Others kick so much arse.

Or maybe they’re in purgatory!
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 2:52 PM on November 29, 2005

The Wellington movie marathon was great fun too.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 12:46 AM on November 22, 2005

posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 12:46 AM on November 22, 2005

It was a heal-the-world kind of song, everyone was singing with dobbo.

"Another chorus? Bring on Helen, Hilary, Nic off Shortland Street... fade up audio on their mics..."
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 6:03 PM on November 21, 2005

Chuck Norris counts to infinity every morning before justice.

Chuck Norris invented a time machine to teach his younger self Karate and to feed himself to future Norrises. The man you know is actually an 8th generation Norris.

That the letters in Chuck Norris can be rearranged to spell URCHINS ROCK is no mere coincidence.

Chuck Norris has a beard with Authority

Chuck Norris invented blue jeans and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 9:20 PM on November 17, 2005

I love you Dreamghost
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 12:20 PM on November 21, 2005

Normally I wouldn't care, but all the sport comentators on tv were acting like giddy children this morning. They were fidgeting and being overly sincere, big soppy eyes and I swear they they were about to cry.

It was so cute.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 1:18 PM on November 17, 2005

I guess I was driving the Anal Express
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 3:36 AM on June 15, 2005

Jon Stewart is tobaccotastic.

I can't view the video either, but I guess it's that 6am one. I understood him more since the Larry King interview on how the media has no jeopardy and how they're contently sitting in the process and working for them, but I think now he's got more concrete ideas about how the media should be. Like the Charlie Rose interview, there's that model-of-fox-news idea that he's regularly talking about it (and, also, that he... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 10:01 PM on October 28, 2004

That was the funniest bit... Kerry played dumb and trolled Bush so perfectly. You could see the bite coming. After Bush named Tony Blair and Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland, Kerry responded by saying it wasn't a true international coalition with just Tony Blair.

Bush responded YOU FORGOT POLAND
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:44 PM on October 1, 2004

Occassionally Bush stood up for himself, but he looked like a scared child holding his his beliefs. Kerry did so well. I'm so glad that Kerry is getting passionate about this now.

(god bless bittorrent)
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 3:36 AM on October 1, 2004

Heh.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 2:25 AM on October 1, 2004

Beautiful.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 8:14 PM on September 30, 2004

Fool me once, shame on me, Fool me twice, ... ... ... ... We won't get fooled again
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 7:46 PM on September 30, 2004

If you do donate, please announce what you've donated in the following format.
Donated Animal:
Noise the donated animal makes:

ps. previously posted in 2001
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 5:40 PM on September 29, 2004

Donated Animal: Flock of ducks.
Noise the donated animal makes: Quack!
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 6:00 PM on September 29, 2004

The President of America looks like a chimp.

I should write for Alf because I'm a funny guy.

They still make Alf, right?
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 10:18 PM on September 23, 2004

They don't have that nickelback guy, but they have Fred Durst, so I'm ok with it.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 9:41 PM on September 6, 2004

metatalk
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 10:45 PM on August 30, 2004

Gnu Cakes 1.3
============

A winter treat!

INGREDIENTS

2 cups self-raising flour
1 spoon baking powder
2 spoon sugar
1 size 7 egg (or larger)
1 cup of milk
A spoon of vege oil
One cup of the bile dripping from reklaws mouth.

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix the following together: flour, baking powder,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 2:56 PM on August 31, 2004

<esmerelda> and 250° is a tad low for baking a cake...
<holloway> THey're more like cupcakes/muffins
<esmerelda> still
<esmerelda> 350
<esmerelda> otherwise it'll take hours to get to golden
<esmerelda> and make it teaspoons
<holloway> Ok, I'll submit a patch.
<holloway> Gnu Cakes 1.4 on its way!
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 3:07 PM on August 31, 2004

I like hummingbirds.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 4:40 AM on August 27, 2004

Matt is a dreamboat.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 2:42 AM on August 27, 2004

Uh yeah, brother and sister, that's what I first thought too.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 2:50 AM on August 27, 2004

Wow, white people saying "niger" to be ironic, sure is funny!

It sure is dude!

/me puts on his kill whitey t-shirt, dyes his hair blonde, and heads down cuba street.
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 11:19 PM on August 15, 2004

LOOK BEHIND YOU
posted to MetaFilter by holloway at 7:29 PM on August 15, 2004