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I don't know why we're messing around with all this code when we could get on the internet with just 3 clicks! - Paul Buchheit

Did she say something? I couldn't concentrate. - Chris White

These girls are magically stupid. - Soup

Jim, you weren't supposed to post that where Paul could see it! NOW how are we going to keep him off the street and out of trouble? Quick! Tell him he has to write lots of code to make coffee. - Bruce Lewis

Oh damn! Clearly the reason I don't have a man is because I don't carry about a small stuffed animal as a conversation starter! - Soup

"research shows that 80% of men have been shy at some point in their life". I wonder about the other 20%. - Private Sanjeev

Good luck Jim :D - Soup

Holy crap Satyam, WTF?! - Chieze Okoye via Bookmarklet

Go Japan! - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet

Japan wins for the densest robots! - Jim Norris

"On iTunes over 3G: Why does everyone think its the labels? I'd imagine this being more a concession from AT&T;, not the labels. Labels would love the chance to sell more songs, but AT&T; wouldn't be too thrilled with so much extra traffic on busy 3G networks when WiFi is effectively free to them..." - Q dub

"Simply highlight any text in the body of this post and a ‘Respond’ bubble should fade in near your mouse. As in Ubiquity, the bubble maintains a low opacity in order to be fairly unobtrusive unless you mouse over it. Clicking the respond button scrolls you to the comment box where it is now populated with the an html blockquote of the selected text." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

The web should have been built with this - Christopher Galtenberg

Nice idea. I can see that one getting out there fast. - Peter Simard

"Last year, economist Gary Shilling humiliated the rest of the economic forecasting industry by going 13 for 13. As promised, here are Gary's predictions for this year:" - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

Inflation is actually a really complicated issue. A lot of people are projecting inflation at some point, but when will it occur? Also, inflation of what? Fuel prices and housing have gone down, and many think they will continue to stay low. That's deflation. Also, the increase in the money supply is mostly through increases of credit lines to banks. If the banks don't lend, the money doesn't flow into the economy. And even then, it has to offset the massive de-leveraging that has/is occurring. - Chris White

Finally, there is concern that the dollar could be (massively) devalued against other currencies and/or gold. This might occur if other countries move their large treasury holdings to other currencies and/or assets. However, this requires they believe in the safety of those assets more than in the safety of the dollar, and so far that hasn't been the case. If we do see this kind of massive devaluation of our currency, I'm afraid canned goods and guns might be the best investments. - Chris White

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Ignoring the "cents", the other units boil down to Energy * mass * distance^3 * time^4 in both the numerator and the denominator; so everything cancels out leaving only a measure of currency and whatever coefficients associated with the original units. - Q dub

"Francis said in a statement that “the US government should actively support the adult industry's survival and growth, just as it feels the need to support any other industry cherished by the American people." “We should be delivering [the request] by the end of today to our congressmen and [Secretary of the Treasury Henry] Paulson asking for this $5 billion dollar bailout,” he told CNN Wednesday. Flynt and Francis concede the industry itself is in no financial danger — DVD sales have slipped over the past year, but Web traffic has continued to grow. But the industry leaders said the issue is a nation in need. "People are too depressed to be sexually active," Flynt said in the statement. "This is very unhealthy as a nation. Americans can do without cars and such but they cannot do without sex."" - Bret Taylor via Bookmarklet

Congrats! - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

Thanks for the tip Anne! Voted again! :-) FF rocks! - vijay

oh? you can vote twice with different browsers? - Thomas Hawk

"The boy told police he learned to drive playing Grand Theft Auto and Monster Truck Jam video games. "He was very intent on getting to school," said Northumberland County Sheriff Chuck Wilkins. "When he got out of the car, he started walking to school. He did not want to miss breakfast and PE."" - Private Sanjeev

GTA... Good thing he didn't go around carjacking. - Richard Chen

I wonder how his parents are considered to have 'endangered' him? Allowing him to play games which made him think he could drive? - Robin Barooah

"I am now prepared to subject myself to the laws of the land and fact the consequences thereof." -- Raju is well-known through Silicon Valley and used to sponsor many events and dinners in the area. On a recent visit here, he was honored for his work in bringing 911 services to the poor of India. This recent revelation is absolutely surreal. - Christopher Sacca via Bookmarklet

I wonder to what extent Madoff inspired this. A well known effect: when suicides are reported in the news, suicide rates / accidents for people fitting the profile of the victim go up. Also if I were running a scam like Madoff or Raju I would be more likely to donate to charity / etc to assuage my guilt, so that doesn't seem anomalous to me. - Private Sanjeev

I didn't mean to sound like I think his charitable work is anomalous. Agreed. I was just caught off guard by knowing this guy. - Christopher Sacca

I'm mystified by the inclusion of Judge Dredd (“I am the law. Put down your weapons and prepare to be judged.”), 40 First Dates (“There’s nothing like a first kiss”), but the rest are ok. - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet

No no, they're actually quoting Han Solo's adopted German brother. - Brian Chang

excellent list, inspiring me to write one for non-us movies. there are gems out there too! - Pascal Bouvier

"After a year in which most forecasters felt (and deserved) only abject humiliation, it's worth celebrating those who got it right." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet

http://friendfeed.com/e/81ebab... - Paul Buchheit

Found this summary of his observations since 1999 - http://www.agaryshilling.com/i... - Ken Sheppardson

"Thanks for the tip on the cable wrapper - I will definitely check it out. I like the Shures enough to keep them. And thanks for the comment on the freemium article!" - Charles Hudson