MeFi comment:
"The order also requires Google to turn over copies of all videos that it has taken down for any reason.
So, if google has taken down a video from some non-viacom entity, for any reason, viacom gets a copy, in violation of the original owners’..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, Space Coyote
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I don't think I'd be playing camera man.
Why not? Either the building is going to collapse, or it isn't, and there's nothing you can do about it - the ball is mounted so high in the building that if you can see it, you're not going to have enough..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by tehloki, DevilsAdvocate, Artw
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"How about candidates must donate some percentage of their net worth to their political party? Say 1% for a representative, 2% for a senator, and 5% for a president.
Wouldn't change much in funding, but it would end the two-party system, as..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by vsync
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Belushi doing a Joe Cocker has always been brilliant, part of the best SNL ever.
Unfortunately, the only Joe Cocker interpretation by Belushi I can find is this...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by liza
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Okay.... recap: it asks me if I think the world is a mess. I said no. (it may have a lot of problems, sure, but a mess? No.) It says 600 million girls disagree with me, and shows me a blinking white ball. Whilst claiming again the world is a kind of..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by The ____ of Justice, The Toad, Lentrohamsanin
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I read Zambrano's comment as "there's plenty of things we don't know". And you know what, that's actually correct.
That's why we invented double blind tests. To find out things we don't yet know...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by you're a kitty!
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Yes, there's an election coming up: they are raising the "terror level" on every possible occasion:
[Quote:]
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said that the Supreme Court decision to allow enemy combatants to challenge their..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Goofyy
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, that's what the trusty old Xerox machine is for.
You may want to check into the source of the phrase "carbon copy" as well..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by piratebowling, rokusan
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Today Bush is meeting with our (Dutch) Prime Minister, Jan-Peter Balkenende. Perhaps he can escort Bush back to the Hague and drop him off at the international court......" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by PROD_TPSL, horsewithnoname
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Apple could really use the competition, but this isn't it. Is there anything in there that isn't already in the iPhone?
Android, show me something that demonstrates you're not just a follower. Hell, even cut/copy/paste on the phone would qualify...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Teach a man to build an environmentally friendly bomb...
No, no, no... it's like this:
Give a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life......" [
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favorited 7 times, recently by Dillonlikescookies, Chunder, swift, Hactar, parhamr, JaredSeth, zzazazz
Last month
MeFi comment:
"One of my biggest gripes about the Obama campaign, looking at it through foreign eyes, is his claim that the world wants the USA to lead.
No, we don't.
Really, Barack, take my word for it, we'd rather prefer it if the USA kept away from the..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by vivelame, pompomtom, Pope Guilty
Last month
MeFi comment:
"If I fell from 12,000 feet, I would probably not survive. But it would probably be pretty awesome on the way down.
The trick is to aim for somebody you dislike a lot...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by GaelFC, Hello Dad, I'm in Jail
Last month
MeFi comment:
"Sales of legalized marijuana added about 400 million Euro to the tax coffers last year here in the Netherlands. And that's just income tax for the coffee shop owners, since it's currently exempt from sales tax, and it could be a lot higher if the..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by dejah420, jtron, mek, mrgrimm
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"It isn't about Darwin. Let me quote a fellow MeFi (I copied/pasted the text, but forgot to favorite, so I can't find and credit the original author - apologies):
both sides are invested in other questions: can homosexuals kiss in public, or can we..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"And posted at a time when all dutch mefi go to bed..
Anyway, although I'm not a fan of Pauls form of humor, this is indeed taken way, way out of context (and 10 years old as well). Here is the response from Paul the Leeuw on having this appear on..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by goodnewsfortheinsane, davar
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm always surprised at the diversity and experience of the Metafilter crowd, so I fully expect one of the next few comments to start out with "I've seen this, and......" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by roll truck roll
2 months ago
MeFi comment:
"All programs expand in features until they simulate UNIX.
It used to be 'All programs expand in features until they can send mail' but this phrase was disproved by Microsoft Exchange...." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by atbash, dmd, kcds, demagnetized, Pope Guilty, DU
2 months ago
MeTa comment:
"As a European speaking: it's about fucking time there's a presidential candidate who is eloquent for a change." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So now some shady marketeers have found a new group of gullibles to exploit, or so they think. How typical of marketing people - Bill Hicks was right." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by konolia
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"An advertisement for a product that mucks up advertising....
hmmm.. Can somebody please invent an AdBlock for the Real WorldTM?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by willie11
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"[Quote:]What we saw today was the beginning of two-decades of mobile domination by Apple. What Microsoft and Windows was to the desktop, Apple and Touch will be to mobile.
Which is probably true - but I'll still sim-unlock and jailbreak my phone...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by humannaire
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I am convinced that a world without religion would be better for all...
That's your religion.
True - and it would be great for that religion to disappear, making the world a better place indeed, because for that to happen, first all other..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Pope Guilty, Nattie
4 months ago
MeFi post:
Not one, not two, no, sixteen games!
favorited 12 times, recently by roll truck roll, zeugitai_guy, Help, I can't stop talking!, JDHarper, YamwotIam, flatluigi, Chunder, motty, takeyourmedicine, Cassilda, MrMustard, man why you even got to do a thing
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"There are obvious inequities in the new system, but it's going to be a fun ride, and Comcast will lose.
I'd say they've already lost. As the distribution test of the Radiohead album showed the world, once people are used to getting their media in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by DU
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Fancast: "this content is currently unavailable"
Hulu: "unfortunately this video is not currently available in your country or region. We apologize for the inconvenience".
That's odd, other sites disagree with that sentiment...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hotmud
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"This kind of stuff will only stop once we start giving the fashion industry the attention it deserves.
i.e. none at all." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by perilous
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"No, the three people non-Dutch people in Holland are generally pretty peaceful. Meanwhile the places where the Dutch colonized populations or got rich by shipping massive amounts of slaves end up like this, go figure?
I know - and you're right, of..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by peacheater, MLIS
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"From The Register about this: [Quote:]It’s a marriage of two desperate industries – the music business, and the ad-supported web startup. To steal a phrase from Sun8217;s Scott McNealy, it8217;s like watching two garbage trucks colliding...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
5 months ago
Ask comment:
"Don't buy any. There's a reason Apple still isn't shipping either one, and here's some speculation about it. There may be a point to it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by uaudio
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I tried some of the rides, and none of them began with a half-hour wait, so this can't possibly be real." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dejah420, dantsea
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Here is one of the most difficult books I've ever read. I won't be blogging about it." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by aeschenkarnos
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"So either Ron Paul is indeed a nutcase, or those trying with fake old newsletters to discredit him are utter nutcases.
Either way...
Why oh why can the US election cycle, again and again, be defined as "what? you think *that* was..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by EatTheWeak, MikeKD
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"If you guys still want data:
[Quote:]
Common Sense for Drug Policy has released the 6th edition of Drug War Facts in PDF. Here’s an excerpt from the fact book:
Social Indicator USA ..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elpapacito
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"seanyboy: "Also, thousands of animals (cattle and birds) are killed, not for meat, but because they are potentially unfit to be eaten. Should we be angry about the murder of these animals too?
Yes. Yes, we should. Now I'm the first to admit..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
6 months ago
Ask comment:
"The world managed perfectly well without advertising until a few short centuries ago, so I don't see a problem - adjusting to such a situation again would not be easy, especially for countries that focus as much on "consume!" as the US and..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Ziggy Zaga, cashman, timetoevolve
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Start with the video of him, Beaker, and the Swedish Chef singing "Danny Boy".
This.
Bears repeating:
Good god, we need Jim Henson back.
And Douglas Adams, while we're at it...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by randomination
7 months ago
MeFi comment:
"a population that wants cheap, Chinese-made flatscreen TVs in all five bathrooms - and buys them on credit.
[Quote:]Mad Magazine summed it up with the statement, “The only reason a great many American families don’t own an elephant is that they..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ickster
7 months ago
