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“There's gonna be a commercial soon with the McCain quote about how he went to DC & got the House GOP in line ... right?”

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Palin Wins Debate - Jim Norris

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Drive for Change | FAQs for volunteering in Nevada

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"The Silver State is pronounced “NevAda” as in, “pad, glad, sad or dad.” “I hAd a great time in NevAda.”" Not "ah" as in "Obama." - Jim Norris

@Jim Good to know. Especially for those that will be volunteering there. Lucky for me I'm too far away to actually do this, because I alway pronounce it with an "ah". - Daniel Shaw

@Jim: That's a pet peeve of mine, too. I *hate* it when people from the east coast pronouce it Nev-AH-da. - Shannon Jiménez

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Breakthrough Reached in Negotiations on Bailout - NYTimes.com

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"The bill includes pay limits for some executives whose firms seek help, aides said. And it requires the government to use its new role as owner of distressed mortgage-backed securities to make more aggressive efforts to prevent home foreclosures. In some cases, the government would receive an equity stake in companies that seek aid, allowing taxpayers to profit should the rescue plan work and the private firms flourish in the months and years ahead." - Bret Taylor via Bookmarklet

I like this part and it's the one economists are recommending = "In some cases, the government would receive an equity stake in companies that seek aid, allowing taxpayers to profit should the rescue plan work and the private firms flourish in the months and years ahead" - Mike Reynolds

“In some cases…” Why not every case! - John Lam

"In some cases" Ahhh, marketing talk! That's about as good as "virtually spotless" which means, with spots. We can assume it'll be less than 50% of the time since they would have used similar marketing phrases like "The majority of the time" ... *sigh* Do Not Like. - AJ Kohn

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SweetAfton23's MyHope

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“Amazing stats about RSS use on the iPhone http://tinyurl.com/3t9vy8”

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Dragon's Lair walkthrough using YouTube annotations

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Me and a buddy had a notebook we filled with all the right moves... - Emotion Tad

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Why the Oil Crisis Will Persist (Extended version): Scientific American

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“Stock trading psychology deconstructed perfectly.”

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most awesome - j1m

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Ninja cat comes closer while not moving!

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OMG, that was funny. *lol* - Molly, the Muse

I would like this 100 times if I could. - Kevin Fox

Funniest thing I've seen in a while ;) - Pierre

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Pirate Encyclopedia

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I don't get it. :D - Ron

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Arrrrrgh! - Andrew Trinh

rrrrrreally? ;) - Mona N.

So what does R represents??? - FaRzAd II

Aaaarrrrrr! See also "Yarrrr!" - klecu

I have this on a shirt... Still cracks me up - John Worthington

omg you do?! You HAVE to wear it on International Speak Like a Pirate Day, John!!! - Mona N.

http://talklikeapirate.com/ - Laura Norvig

Mona: I already have my eye patch which I bought from the Fred Hollows foundation to support eye care in third world countries. I'm very big on ITLAP Day :) Wait till Movember www.movember.com I'll post the pics of me from last year soon - John Worthington

Jim Norris posted a message

“CNN: "U.S. seizes Fannie"”

September 7 at 8:04 pm - Link

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Indeed - John Worthington

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Do not like. - Chris White

I do not want one cent of my tax dollars going to a bail out. I'm creating a line-item deduction on my taxes if they do. - AJ Kohn

Let us know how that works out. - ⓞnor

From wikipedia: """The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (NYSE: FNM), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a government sponsored enterprise (GSE) of the United States.""". The use of 'seizes' here is a bit sensationalist. - Jon McAlister

It's not the seizing that's the problem, it's the bailout. Too bad. The dollar was on an upward trend. - Chris White

Does this mean I don't have to pay back my student loans? - Soup

@amy that would be sallie mae ... much transition for student loans so respectfully keep paying attention - Scott Moskowitz

Amy, I don't think you can put your education into foreclosure. :) Real estate has a funny loophole that allows borrowers to walk away from their debt without declaring bankruptcy. - Chris White

Hmm. Well. Any chance Sallie Mae will go next then? And THEN can I not pay back my student loans. *hope!* - Soup

@amy they already went to a private equity deal ... Debt means you work for someone else (savings & equity is for yourself) - Scott Moskowitz

Shey posted a link

“Here's a fun one: What was your first car?”

September 9 at 2:03 pm - via Reshare - Link

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1990 Nissan 240 SX - Red with power everything *sigh* Totalled after I got hit by a van - Shey

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1990 Plymouth Duster hatchback-maroon - Aden

1970s Datsun B510, I think...I totalled it after having it for 3 days...My brothers drove it for years before that. - Alex "Maverick" Scoble

1997 Ford Escort. Destroyed by a drunk driver. I think everyone wrecks their first car. - Haggis (Sean)

1981 Mazda GLC - white with rust and racing stripe accents - entropy took it (not violent collision) - MaveRick James Muir

1976 Plymouth Volare, off white with a green front right fender *griN* - Michael W. May

1989 BMW 325i - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)

1989 Pontiac Grand Am - blue - Michelle Martinez

1985 Toyota Cressida Wagon - affectionately nicknamed the Waffle Wagon thanks to my first job. - Heather

1998 Corolla - Joel Mavericktinez

1989 red Ford Tempo. - Rachel R.

85 dodge rampage...ugh mix between car and truck...no exterior door handles...and you had to crawl through back window if you forgot to rolldown the windows - green door grizzled

1970 Cadillac El Dorado: 2 doors and 16 ft long - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

European 1974 Ford Granada Consul V6 Coupe - Closest US equivalent I think was the Maverick, although there was also a US Granada, this was more similar to later models of UK granada - Slippy Lane

73 VW Bus - Laura Norvig

Better question: Are you older than you first car? :-) (Mine first/current car is an '87 Buick Park Avenue, and yes, I'm older than it) - Jordan Hofker

My first car was a 1983 Subaru GL station wagon. I was older than it. - J·Phil·Glockner

No. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)

My grandpa bought me a 1980 Chevrolet Citation but it was so ugly, I refused to drive it. My dad sold the Citation and bought me a 1989 Mazda 323 which I loved and drove all over the place. - Rochelle

Jordan Hofker - wouldn't the better question be "Is your car older than you?" Aren't most people older than their cars? I would think so... - Justin Korn

1996 Ford Explorer - Candace Holly

1984 Nissan Stanza - Nickname: Red Mosquito - Justin Korn

is still my first car: 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS - ~C4Chaos

Silver 1979 Honda Civic CVCC. Loved it. Brother used it for a while and left me with a nice stereo system. - Rodfather

1984 Ford Bronco II. Handled like a dune buggy. - Daniel J. Pritchett

some old Plymouth Voyager, I lived out of that van in college (commuting) - sergiooo

1977 Chrysler Sigma. Bright yellow...it was my fathers idea of a joke, as he bought it for me when I got my license at 17 - Duncan Riley

1984 Brown Subaru...That's how I roll.... ;) - Amber Horner

61 chevy sedan -- do I win anything for the oldest? - Brian Sullivan

A shit brown hatchback Ford Pinto, early 70's model. It was nasty, but only if by nasty you mean AWESOME! - Lisa L. Seifert

1985 Orange Honda Civic - Hondamatic transmission (you get to shift, but no clutch) - Chris Rivait

@Lisa: My cousin had a shit brown Pinto too but replaced the engine with a V8. It kicked ass! - Rodfather

My parents' car I got my license on was a 1986 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon with wood paneling. My own first car was a 1991 Ford Escort GT with sunroof and spoiler. - Louis Gray

1985 Buick Century. Two-tone with the wire wheel covers, tinted windows, and white walls. We called it the Mafia Staff Car. - Cyndy

Pontiac Fiero GT - bought the kit to drop in a small block Chevy V8 - it would beat almost anything! - Virtual Bird's Eye via twhirl

1983 Mercury Cougar. It didn't come with a cougar...thankfully. ;) - Chris Luckhardt

1973 Mazda RX3 four door in primrose yellow, looked like the car your grandma would drive, but could accelerate like nothing else (except the porsche 911 I chased one night), would break all speed limits in 2nd of 4 gears. Surprised I am still alive and yes I was older than the car. - Nick Cowie

1975 Datsun B210 hatchback http://www.adclassix.com/ads/7... - Dave "Maverick" Winer

My first car was a dream. A 1957 Bel-air Chevy Townsman. With a rebuilt 357 under the hood. Looked like this - http://tinyurl.com/5fag5e - and like this - http://tinyurl.com/5jf8lt - but painted, instead, a bold, racing-stripe orange. When reminiscing I can only surmise that my dad (an income-challenged middle school teacher) correctly anticipated the memory-soaked lineage I would inherit. It was The SHIT. I owe him. Very grateful. And yes--of course there were escapades, miscreant and otherwise. I was (and am) incredibly lucky. Thanks, Dad - happy to be your son. - Chris Wetherell

2003 Subaru WRX Sport Wagon. And yeah, I was a bit older than it :) - Zach Landes

after college, travelled, then NYC - never owned my own car - Bill Seitz

'59 Ford station wagon, my beachmobile. - Jack Carlson

1967 Pontiac Lemans convertible. Man, I sure wish I still had it - what a babe magnet that was back in the '70s. I drove it while restoring a '67 MGB. I've owned at least one convertible since 1976. - JodyC

73 TR6 wish I still had it - loved that Top Down Rumble - Good Times!! ;)) - Billy Warhol

75 Chevy Vega, dark green. - Charlene Kingston

1969 Toyota Corona - Steve

1991 Lada - Igor Poltavskiy

1977 Chevy Nova sedan yellow... instant date killer - Jim Goldstein

1972 Fiat 126. Successor to the Fiat 500 (the topalino?). It had a twin cylinder air cooled rear engine of 500cc. I once got 70mph on a downhill with a tail wind. Better gas mileage than any of todays hybrids. I miss that car :( - Troy Forster via fftogo

@Igor Lada FTW! There are a ton of them in Jamaica - Shey

Brian -- I think Jack Carlson takes the win -- '59 - Shey

2002 Cavalier, my brother smashed it right into a cop car (on Christmas Eve).. (with the cop in it) - Jasmin Smith

1973 Mercury Capri (German version) V6 4 speed stick. - Jeff P. Henderson

Phishing Alert! I'm not sharing this information! :) - Elliott "NonScoble" Ng

1973 GM Postal Jeep - Right hand drive and everything. - Christopher Welle

1978 Datsun 280Z - scott anderson

1989 Ford Mustang convertible - Pete Delucchi

1980 Datsun 200SX - Denton Gentry

It was a Plymouth Reliant K Car, but it escapes me whether it was 81, 82, or '83 model. I really didn't like the car. People thought I was the undercover detectives every time I came around. Besides, I originally wanted a standard Mustang, but the so-called car expert my mother sent to go car shopping with me said the Reliant would be a better car for my travels back and forth to college. Wrong he was, it was a piece of crap and ugly to boot. - Lynne d Johnson

Rodfather: AWESOME! Mine was even better, though. ;-) Something was up with the accelerator, or more accurately, the systems attached to the accelerator, whatever those are called. I am not even going to pretend to know. :-| Point: I could floor her and she'd chug, chug, chug for a few hundred yards. Then, as though she'd been stung by a bee she'd take off like a shot. FUN! It was the best college car. *sigh* - Lisa L. Seifert

@Shey Burning to ashes! :) - Igor Poltavskiy

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McCain and Fey 2004

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Not a Photochop, but an actual _LIFE_ cover from September 2004. I think it's pretty obvious that Lorne Michaels has been running the country from the shadows all these years... (Via Waxy.org) - Chester via Bookmarklet

Wow. Really amazed I haven't seen this pop up anywhere before now. - Christopher Sacca

that is awesome. - MG Siegler

Bob Lee posted a message on Twitter

“@BarackObama should make "The Audacity of Hope" freely available online (under a CC license).”

September 2 at 7:55 pm - Link

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Jared Jacobs updated their job title on LinkedIn

Software Engineer at KaChing Inc.

September 1 at 1:02 pm - Link

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Congrats! Why'd you leave the goog? - Gabor Cselle

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Hmm, Pascal-Louis is there too, right? You guys will be a JS compiler power-house :) - Mihai Parparita

I've decided that I prefer small companies, and this one sounded exciting. - Jared Jacobs

Yes, Pascal's here. Mike Tsao too. And a couple others I've come to respect quickly. With any luck you'll hear about us in the news by the end of the year! :) - Jared Jacobs

Good luck! - Sanjeev Singh

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Tech Confidential: EXCLUSIVE: FriendFeed readying RSS accelerator

August 27 at 1:52 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"FriendFeed Inc. is enhancing its service in order to fulfill a critical requirement on the Internet today: immediacy. The highly publicized startup is weeks away from boosting the frequency of its updates from social networks" - Louis Gray via Bookmarklet

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What does SUP (Simple Update Protocol) do exactly, it's more than a http header last-modified check? - Philipp Lenssen

This is a great experiment. Having FriendFeed pushing innovation in feed polling is good for everyone. Impressed again. - Chris Wetherell

If u guys can pull it, it will definitely be a heavy boost - Varun Mahajan

SUP is definitely more cool than RSS - Shakeel Mahate

I'm interested in learning the details, too. my guess is some type of callback scheme that was discussed on ff a while back when ff was (gently) called out for polling flickr millions of times/day. - David Vasileff

whatSUUUUUUUUP? haha - Raymond

also perhaps batching multiple feed requests into a single call - David Vasileff

That's it ... no more hikes in the afternoon! (Sharing .... ) - Charlie Anzman

theory 1: a single "meta feed" which you can poll to get a list of other feeds that have changed recently. (would it cover all feeds on the service, or would FF somehow supply a list of all the feeds they're interested in?) theory 2: a callback/ping/PIMP notification when a feed or feeds change (HTTP? XMPP?). theory 3: a formalization of the "public feed" concept, where you roll every (public) update on the service into a single (rapidly rolling!) feed which FF polls and gets updates for. - ⓞnor

Someone has to talk to someone to indicate a change occurred, so you can't skip that step, be it push or pull. So my guess is it's a way to get a larger aggregated chunk of what has changed and an idea of the size of the change. What might work is a bulk push of what has changed and then a pull of the changes at FF's leisure. - todd

http://blog.friendfeed.com/200... - Paul Buchheit

Providing facts is just cheating. Now there's no room for rampant speculation :-) Add a sequence number and you could know if you missed an update which would indicate polling needed to occur or perhaps a download of the old change notices. - todd

great stuff. imho, when adopted, SUP will be - to the organic growth of services updates - like traffic lights to crowded intersections. or like how gps navigation is to asking people for directions :P - Dani Radu

Sounds like it's a protocol that others will need to implement and support so friendfeed can process feeds more efficiently. alot of the issues could be fixed if if-modified-since was used and rss feeds were treated more like a web service rather then a static html page, most are generated from a db real-time anyway. Read RFC 977, NNTP fixed this issue by setting up an easy way to poll what's new back in the 80's. - Shawn McCollum

WOWOWOWOW...this technology is huge! Disruptive and fantastic!! If I had VC level cash, I'd throw it at FF brainiacs and be rich... this idea is unbelievably SMART! - Susan Beebe

Shawn, we actually already use If-Modified-Since and many sites do properly support it. The key difference with SUP is that it allows feed consumers to monitor many thousands of URLs with a single GET, which is not possible using If-Modified-Since. - Paul Buchheit

If anything, it shares a few similarities with Sitemaps (which enable webmasters to notify search engines of modified URLs, etc.) Great work on SUP! - Aviv

This is one of those simple ideas that one wonders why no one thought of before. It's a good proposal and a required one in the rapidly growing aggregation/Lifestreaming world. I am sure the proposal will be widely and quickly SUPported. Well done folks. - Vinay | विनय

paul, I found and read the ff blog post, and I understand the meta-feed approach. Interesting but I think sup-id storage adds a bit of complexity. Even though the sup-id keeps the size of the feed down, full uri would be better. I think the concern about exposing usernames is a little overdone, I mean it's not going to really stop someone who wants the usernames from getting them. - Shawn McCollum

Love it. We've used a different approach to interface with "friendly" crawlers, one that is based on the ability to fetch older items in the feeds by request. But it requires a public "recent" feed, and does not work solve the private URLs issue. This is so much better. We'll be experimenting with SUP and would love to help it mature into a well defined spec. - Yaniv Golan

Steve Rubel posted a message on Twitter

“Getting my last wifi dose at Starbucks before the Feds make me go offline to fulfill my civic duty. I found wifi 2 mi from court for lunch.”

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“@cw it's your 40 year reunion already? Time flies.”

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“Wow. I admire Julie Wainright for writing this & fighting her way back: http://www.smartnow.com/page/5...”

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Me, too. I'd invest in anything she did, now. - Francine Hardaway

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Yahoo! Sends 100M Visits to Newspapers, How Much Money Is That?

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this is the right strategy. maybe three-four years too late (we pitched this back then), but it's a start... - don loeb

"I think it’s also one advantage they have over Google and others in advertising relationship is the ability to create partnerships that go beyond just direct monetization to provide value to publishers in many ways." Isn't this what Google does with its own News site as well as Book Search? - Michael Leggett

Paul Buchheit posted a message

“Maybe Cuil isn't supposed to be good. They must know that the results are bad, but they launched anyway. Maybe they aren't trying to build a full search engine, but just want to demo their crawling+indexing technology with the expectation that someone will buy the company and plug in better ranking.”

July 28 at 11:20 pm - Link

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Where "someone" = MSFT, who has already shown that they are willing to pay a lot for non-functional search engines. - Paul Buchheit

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That is what I was thinking, too. - Robert Scoble

You'd think they'd work toward getting something relevant if you search on "cuil launch" - Michael Markman

It's the only thing that makes sense when you look at how bad the results are. You don't roll out something like unless you are just showing off the interface. - Kevin Bondelli

Would also explain the weak branding. Who cares, if it's just going to get plugged into something else? - Chris Baskind

Not very good results at the moment I will say - shinchi via twhirl

It must be so hard to launch something in a realm where there isn't much tolerance/patience for incremental improvement. The bar in this space is high and consumers are very picky. Look at Yahoo. Their search is actually pretty damn good. However, they keep losing share. - Christopher Sacca

agree with Sacca - also, I thought the people behind Cuil had already sold some search technology to Google and hence they wanted to try it out on their own this time - so if anything they'd have more intent than others not to flip. - Adam Kazwell

100% agree with Paul .... what they have launched really sucks and I don't think I would be going back again to search .... Sacca seems to be right that the bar is really high in this space and whatever gets launched really needs to work well or it will fail - Raza via Alert Thingy

It is also strange that Cuil has no presence on twitter or friendfeed. There is no friendfeed.com/cuil. There is a twitter.com/cuil account but no twitters there. It would be interesting to hear from someone at Cuil on the FriendFeed/Twitter as to why they launched with the poor results... - Atul Arora

Yahoo's crawl speed is not close to GOOG. - Michael

It's something, and a reasonable first step. Yes, the results aren't that great but they seem reasonably comprehensive. Their make-or-break will be showing continuous visible progress - if they don't, sure, they're just a $XXXm dog and pony show for another company too scared of Google to see straight, but if they do improve, there may be potential for even more upside than that. - David Weekly

Google Killer? I do not even need to look to know the answer - Mike Reynolds

maybe there could be business in opening up their index? - Alex Gawley

I'm not saying that the results are good, but people seem overly critical. I saw one piece on how their name is too hard to spell. But if they did become popular, this would not remain a problem. - Clare Dibble

It's embarrassing IMO. The results are thin and the images completely wrong. Not good is one thing ... Cuil seems a cut below not good right now. - AJ Kohn

There results aren't -bad- but they are in no way great. Worse yet, anytime you start throwing around X-killer, you are pretty much setting yourself up for destruction. - Steve Spalding

can a startup beat google with a link-based algorithmic search engine? msft's cashback.com is an example of changing the game. trovix.com's deep semantic indexing is changing the game. same for thefind.com. mahalo human-powered engine is too. Who else? - Tim Connors

Paul, maybe they launched because they believed gathering data and feedback from the public would help them improve their ranking and other aspects of their service? I don't think that their ranking is anywhere near as good as Google's right now. But, there's no a priori reason to believe that Cuil ranking won't improve quickly. Anna, Russell, et.al. are actually pretty sharp. I for one am excited to see another player in search with new ideas about infrastructure and user experience. - Kevin Scott

They of all people should have known to release with fast results (latency).. The fact that they did not surprises me, and had the exact effect I would expect.. I have no plans on going back, good results or not.. :) - Derek Collison

Does "launch early" work for search engines? Don't think so.. - Jing Lim

One of the nice things about Google is the speed they index. Consider the indexing of a blog post made yesterday: Google already picked up the post and Cuil has not. http://www.cuil.com/search?q=C... VERSUS http://www.google.com/search?h... Google shows 367 results and that is trouble for Cuil. They'll need to work on that quickly to convince people they are being serious. - LPH™

it's about as useful as Archie(Gopher ref) - clarke thomas

considering I got server overloaded errors when I tried it at first, I'd have to say launching early was a big error in judgement. - sean808080

The indexing speed of Google and other search engines is pretty good, but another area that needs fixing is when content moves. It takes a long time for Google to catch up. Example: Let's say you move your blog or an early well-praised site goes stale, many search engines have trouble adjusting their rankings to the new site or to push down the older one. - Loren Heiny

Trouble is that indexing and ranking are closely linked. If all you return is a hitlist there's no good ranking that can be done. Can't yet tell whether they're in that situation. What I don't get is why the rush to launch now. - Daniel Dulitz

I read similar thoughts on Reddit yesterday and they made some sense... is there any chance all the negative buzz right now is going to hurt their buyability though? - Philipp Lenssen

IMHO there have to be better ways to show off your very own crawling+indexing technologies than opening up to the public and getting thrashed for not delivering what people expect when you dub your service search engine. I have a hard time believing that the cuil/cuill guys did not know what they were doing though ... Were they pushed to release by financiers? Were they in dire need of usage data? - Mustafa K. Isik

I do think they built Cuil to be bought. The reason they launched is they hoped their valuation will go up with all the press blitz... Which seems pretty well planned.... I think they went overboard selling themselves to the press and did not expect some of the back-lash. Of course, the saying goes - "All press is good press :)". So who knows this might indeed increase their valuation to 100s of millions :). It all depends on what the folks over at MSFT think/know about search :)) - Bindu Reddy

someone cough microsoft cough - Sarah Perez

M$ bait! ah ha!! Bindu and Sarah, you're on to something there!! - Susan Beebe

I liked this thread so much that I blogged it: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008... - Erick Schonfeld

As of yesterday, they didn't even have their own name indexed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/b... - Brady Brim-DeForest

actually, they are off to a decent start. They have a nice interface that needs work, and some results are good and many others bad. I can tell you it takes about a year to getting your feet under you and figure out where you can fit in the search ecosystem. They are funded for a three year run it seems, so I would give them a year and see where the product is at. - Jason Calacanis

grabbing contextual images process is too weird! (o_O) - Pınar Yanardağ

great discussion. the more I've read about the various GRAVE screw-ups (with porn images being linked to some people's bios, etc.), the more I tend to agree that they must have known that things weren't ready. It just feels too much like a prototype... Thus the buy-out scenario seems plausible. Who knows, buying their indexing technology could actually give a boost to MSFT or even Yahoo, given that they have a hard time keeping up on the tech/scale side of search. One thing we do know is that Google... - Alex Schleber

... isn't going to buy them :) I wrote a post on the branding aspect of the Cuil debacle earlier today -> http://businessmindhacks.com/p... but now I'm not so sure anymore if they were even serious about the whole thing. Maybe they're having a hearty laugh right now that no one is getting the joke. If they are serious though, it's a horrible launch and horrible branding. - Alex Schleber

Is it possible that they might be taking advantage of the disconnect between mainstream and social media? Cuil has made it in the news but to what extent has the negativity made it to the mainstream? If people get their news outside of the social media circle (which, as we are all quickly discovering, is a vast majority) and only hear that "Google killer Cuil has launched today" but don't dig deep enough to discover its faults, won't Cuil get some real attention? Maybe, but the funny part is that most of those people will be using Google to find it :) - Derick Valadao

I think it is tough doing a PR launch. I think the obsession with dropping a nuke over the PR is an helpful one. Mightily prefer to build it up over weeks and months of relationship building but most importantly great execution and a great product. - azeem

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Google Opens Its Templating Technology

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House proud

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Men Do Anything For Models (Tim's new short)

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A new short film by one of my oldest friends. - Casey Muller via Bookmarklet

He doesn't look that old to me! - Adrienne

Laurence Gonsalves posted an entry on Xenomachina

GXP Now Open Source

July 23 at 9:30 am - Link

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I think it is possible for an ex-Googler to continue writing code the way he used to before, with all this. - siddharth via twhirl

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I wished they open-sourced more of the C++ infrastructure. tcmalloc and protocol buffers are nice, but there's a lot in there that makes C++ coding inside Google much less painful than outside. - Tudor Bosman

@Tudor can you elaborate? - Shakeel Mahate

Sort of by definition he can't. (Secretly, he wishes he could have b*****n!) - ⓞnor

@ⓞnor: No. - Tudor Bosman

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Don't Talk to Cops, Part 1

July 22 at 3:13 pm - Link

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I've heard that same advice many times. I want to know what the cop said... - Emotion Tad

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Avoid cops as much as possible, say as little as possible. They have a tough job and I appreciate it, but any contact with a police officer is a risk. - Bjorn Tipling

I'm always amazed out how easily criminals on TV shows seem to give things up to detectives. - Thomas Hawk

"Whaddaya in for?" "I possessed a lobster of inadequate size" - Jeremy Raines

The great thing about America is that the cops can't use the confession after they beat it out of you. - Gabe

A very good 30min watch. I learned a lot from this video. - AJ Batac ♘

Yeah, I learned a lot too. I'd naturally want to just tell the truth, but it often doesn't matter what the truth is, but what they can possibly convict you of. - Emotion Tad

Thomas Hawk, do you watch The Closer? It's a great show about just that :P - Bjorn Tipling

Here's the officer's response (I haven't watched it yet): http://video.google.com/videop... - Kevin Fox

This video was surprisingly interesting -- definitely worth watching. Part 2 (the response by the cop, who basically agrees with everything the lawyer says) is also very good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Paul Buchheit

CSI is the funniest show for confessions, suspects constantly admit to things that either aren't crimes or the police have no evidence of them doing, it'sd be silly if it weren't at least a little true. Everyone should be aware of these things though, if they'll send Martha Stewart to jail, what do you think will happen to you? - Richard Lawler via twhirl

On a similar vein is a how-to guide to handling roadside police encounters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... This video is very in favor of the phrase "I don't consent to any searches" and implies that staying silent can be interpreted as consent, making a warrantless search permissible. - Kevin Fox

Chris Rock's suggestions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Brian Johns

Bjorn: I find making friends with cops is a good life-strategy. I've been mugged at gun-point twice, and I very much value their help. You also learn interesting trivia. Guess why cops run their fingers in front of your eyes? On Alcohol, most people's eyes will move jerkily sideways. On some drugs, they jerk vertically. Try with friends some time... - Mitchell Tsai

Mitchell: I have friends in law enforcement, some of whom I worked very closely with in years past. I am always very friendly and respectful during police encounters. Having said that, however (unlike most folk) I don't fold like a lawn chair every time I see a badge (e.g. consent to searches.) - Anthony Citrano

Cops are crap. They are compensated on mostly on ensuring no illegal behavior happening which a lot of times leads to abuse. Who watches the watcher? I once had an off-duty cop (friend of a friend) pull a gun on me as a joke at a party. I did not find it the least bit amusing. - Trebor Elbocs

I've had friends with fancy cars (esp. women) get pulled over for no other reason than the officer wanted to look at the car/woman. Definitely good & bad in the police force. - Mitchell Tsai

I watched this whole video, interesting. - Jeremiah Owyang

Both parts 1 and 2 are worthwhile. Re the fifth amendment: "Too many, even those who should be better advised, view this privilege as a shelter for wrongdoers. They too rapidly assume that those who invoke it are either guilty of crime or commit perjury in claiming the privilege." - Robert Konigsberg

Yeah Robert, exactly.. I read recently that something like 3/4 of drug arrests are a result of consent searches - e.g. where the officer did not have sufficient cause, but the permission of the searchee waives that need. e.g. "You don't have any drugs or guns in the car, do you?" "No." "Then you don't mind if I take a look, do you?".... - Anthony Citrano

I didn't think that the cop was quite as good as the law professor, but it was interesting to hear some of the tricks they use. I wonder if this video will really have any effect, and if so, whether or not cops will be mad about its existence? I thought it was funny that in the first minute of talking, the cop got half the class to admit to speeding. - Robert Felty

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