Time for us to like, utilize "social media" to do civil responsibility
type schtuff. Civic duty? Something like that.
This non-coolness is happening right in front of our eyes (ain't no
ECHELON)-- we gotta take note *sometime*, right?
Right?
Right.
:Denny
--
That God does not exist, I cann
Which do I expect a wrong from? I expect wrong from the NY Times and then
never fail to meet my expectations. I don't even know the Yiddish paper so I
can't expect wrong from them. I can't expect anything from them.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Michael Grant wrote:
>
> So expecting a wrong
A LOT of Jews are unhappy with the whole incident because the practice of
this paper is no where near representative of the norm for the religion nor
general population.
I have a hard time lumping them into a newspaper grouping as they are not
for general consumption and you wouldn't even know the
They have a "theater" group option with Netflix, so if you want to see the
other group members, that would be cool.
-Original Message-
From: William Bowen [mailto:william.bo...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 07:35 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: M$ buys Skype for $8.5 billion??
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Sam wrote:
> Ah, so you're talking about a box in your living room that can make
> video calls and do other things? I keep think it's just for gaming and
> don't see gaming and video chat working together well.
2010 was the last year that you will see flat panel
Yeah extinct because they are dying from lack of medical care
-Original Message-
From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 07:18 PM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: [politics] Charting American Exceptionalism...
Another side note:
The poor in the US were becoming
Sexist by your standards but not by theirs. What we have here in your label
of sexist is a difference in culture and you're imposing your cultural
values onto others. We don't agree with the extremes that they are going
through to remove images of women from their publication but what are we
going
> Yeah, more like a Wii family fun thing then a get killed repeatedly by
> a twelve year old.
Exactly.
--
will
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
and that would just be unacceptable."
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So expecting a wrong justifies it?
Sent from my iPhone.
On 2011-05-10, at 9:03 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote:
>
> Your right.
> The NY Times is knowingly deceiving on an international scale. They know
> what happened, have the reporters full story, all of the quotes, and still
> decided to with
Your right.
The NY Times is knowingly deceiving on an international scale. They know
what happened, have the reporters full story, all of the quotes, and still
decided to withhold the information from their article.
The Yiddish paper was not trying to deceive its readers as its readers
expect imag
Yeah, more like a Wii family fun thing then a get killed repeatedly by
a twelve year old.
.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:35 PM, William Bowen wrote:
>
> But with MS's move into interactive movement games with the Kinect,
> they're doing exactly that, moving into the video chat during gaming
> sess
But with MS's move into interactive movement games with the Kinect,
they're doing exactly that, moving into the video chat during gaming
sessions.
arguably not the greatest idea for something like CoD, but Bowling,
etc. sure, why not?
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Sam wrote:
>
> Ah, so you
They never leveraged the msn messenger infrastructure which has all those
components. I'm curious to know why this would be different.
Sent from my iPhone.
On 2011-05-10, at 8:14 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Sam wrote:
>> Doesn't that equal years old te
Ah, so you're talking about a box in your living room that can make
video calls and do other things? I keep think it's just for gaming and
don't see gaming and video chat working together well.
.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Sam
Another side note:
The poor in the US were becoming extinct thanks to "trickle down"
Now they are accelerating towards a majority thanks to the new failed
redistribution plan
Amazing how much Change can take place in such a small amount of time.
.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Medic wrote:
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Sam wrote:
> Doesn't that equal years old tech called x-box live?
X-Box Live can't call any Skype user's mobile phone, desktop, etc...
And last time I was an X-Box Live subscriber it didn't have a video
component, something Skype has a great foothold in.
There i
Doesn't that equal years old tech called x-box live?
.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
>
> X-Box + Skype = Instant consumer market in every living room in the world.
>
> Technology battles moved from desktop to mobile, and are now moving to
> the living room.
>
~~~
While still sexist, preventing is different from actually removing...
Blacking out would at least acknowledge they were there, though I would
still think it was sexist and really asinine.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:mdino...@houseoffusion.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10,
Not the same as editing a photo Michael...
-Original Message-
From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:mdino...@houseoffusion.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 08:41 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: Brooklyn-based Hasidic newspaper cuts Clinton, other woman from
iconic photo
On Tue, May 10, 2011
time to dismantle the police state
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Judah McAuley wrote:
>
> Same people, same protesting, just being ignored. ACLU, EFF, anyone
> who remembers the now burnt and mangled corpse of they used to call
> the 4th amendment. The Patriot Act passed. Every time parts of
Side note: It's Posh that spends her money on Becks. She has always had
countless times more wealth than he. He is the arm candy in that
relationship.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
>
> Judah McAuley wrote:
> >
> > It'll be curious to see how things change as the profile
They got a ton of universities here in Maryland/Virginia for the Extended
Learning that you have to use Skype in the class.
-Original Message-
From: Erika L. Rich [mailto:elr...@ruwebby.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:01 AM
To: cf-community
Subject: Re: M$ buys Skype for $8.5 billion
Judah McAuley wrote:
>
> It'll be curious to see how things change as the profile of the MLS
> grows in the US.
>
It will - it could be called the talent-pay revolution, exacerbated by credit.
This is very likely a key insight into why "trickle down" economics
hasn't worked: as the World has mo
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
>
> In the 50s/60s most top-value athletes had side jobs in the off-season
> and most CEOs weren't millionaires. Then this started to change as
> the talented (or perceived talented) realized that the employers need
> them more than they needed
> X-Box + Skype = Instant consumer market in every living room in the world.
ding!
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and that would just be unacceptable."
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Vivec wrote:
> The issue of the widening gap between rich and poor is a worldwide one. It
> is just most noticeable and the gap is largest in the US.
> But it has become a growing trend worldwide.
I definitely think it's a bad thing ... I will add something from
Malcolm Gladwell. He did some an
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Medic wrote:
> Really? Skype loses money year after year. The tech team is great, but the
> business unit suck hind tit.
X-Box + Skype = Instant consumer market in every living room in the world.
Technology battles moved from desktop to mobile, and are now movin
Maureen wrote:
>
> Skype is adding users at a phenomenal rate, revenue is up, and losses
> are decreasing. They will profitable shortly if the Microsoft
> purchase doesn't cause users to leave in droves the way the t-Mobile
> users are leaving since the AT&T purchase.
>
Yeah, companies merge/
Skype is adding free users on mobile phones.
I'm not sure if the $ business end is growing.
.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Maureen wrote:
>
> Skype is adding users at a phenomenal rate, revenue is up, and losses
> are decreasing. They will profitable shortly if the Microsoft
> purchase do
Skype is adding users at a phenomenal rate, revenue is up, and losses
are decreasing. They will profitable shortly if the Microsoft
purchase doesn't cause users to leave in droves the way the t-Mobile
users are leaving since the AT&T purchase.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Medic wrote:
>
>
Really? Skype loses money year after year. The tech team is great, but the
business unit suck hind tit.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Maureen wrote:
>
> eBay saw the potential and bought Skype but then didn't know what to
> do with it. The usage is much greater now, and the valuation higher
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote:
>
> "Remember, whatever additional power they do get, they will never give up
> and will abuse in many creative ways lawmakers never intended."
>
> I wonder if all those people who were protesting in the streets about the
> Patriot Act and wir
Dude stepped over the creepy line years ago.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Sam wrote:
>
>
> If you have something you dont want anyone to know, maybe you
> shouldnt be doing it. - Google Chairman Eric Schmidt
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That is a very one-sided presentation. I am not of the opinion that
the US is any better than any other country, but we are certainly the
one the other countries call first to bail them out when trouble
comes.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Vivec wrote:
>
> You can just scroll down to the big
eBay saw the potential and bought Skype but then didn't know what to
do with it. The usage is much greater now, and the valuation higher
than it was in the eBay days. The current management has done an
excellent job of market placement.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Ray Champagne wrote:
>
>
"I grew up lower-middle-class (and at times we were apparently actually
'poor'), but I loved my childhood, and thinking about it objectively, I
couldn't have reasonably asked for anything more."
"So, although we were right at the poverty line most of my childhood, I had
a wonderful life growing u
"Remember, whatever additional power they do get, they will never give up
and will abuse in many creative ways lawmakers never intended."
I wonder if all those people who were protesting in the streets about the
Patriot Act and wire tapping even know this is going on. The silence is
deafening.
What is a reasonable period of time? Long enough for them to get hold
of the data and store it for an unreasonable amount of time? They
aren't seeking a balance; they want the scales tipped permanently in
their favor.
I like how consumers come last in that list. I am not trying to put too
Channeling Denny:
If you have something you dont want anyone to know, maybe you
shouldnt be doing it. - Google Chairman Eric Schmidt
.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote:
>
> Excerpt:
>
> As a new Senate privacy panel considers the data collected by iPhones,
> Androids and
"More and more the US is losing their major Arab ally and with that loss we
move closer and closer to war. :("
Losing implies there is not culpability, but circumstance. This
administration is pushing Israel away.
J
-
The Jews are a peculiar people: things permitted to other nations are
forbi
Excerpt:
As a new Senate privacy panel considers the data collected by iPhones,
Androids and BlackBerrys, the Department of Justice is reminding lawmakers
that it needs Internet providers to store more data about their users to
help with federal investigations.
Current law doesn't require those
They've been trying for years to break the tether to no avail.
.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Sam wrote:
>> Meanwhile Vonage is nearly done with the last grasp being Facebook calls.
>> WTF?
>>
>> Must be the business angle.
>
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Sam wrote:
>> Meanwhile Vonage is nearly done with the last grasp being Facebook calls.
>> WTF?
>>
>> Must be the business angle.
>
> Vonage is in an entirely different business centering around tet
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Sam wrote:
> Meanwhile Vonage is nearly done with the last grasp being Facebook calls. WTF?
>
> Must be the business angle.
Vonage is in an entirely different business centering around tethered phones.
-Cameron
...
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Sam wrote:
>
> Meanwhile Vonage is nearly done with the last grasp being Facebook calls. WTF?
>
> Must be the business angle.
I guess all these things make sense if you talk with a lot LOL
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mm hmmm :)
On 10 May 2011 11:10, Chris Stoner wrote:
>
> oops sorry, I always confuse you for someone else.
>
>
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Meanwhile Vonage is nearly done with the last grasp being Facebook calls. WTF?
Must be the business angle.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Casey Dougall
wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Cameron Childress
> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Erika L. Rich wrote:
>>>
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Casey Dougall
wrote:
> OR it's a move against CISCO with a move into conferencing abilities,
> I'd put more Merritt into that aspect
For business yes. For consumers, no. But I think you are right about
Cisco being a big factor.
-Cameron
...
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Cameron Childress wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Erika L. Rich wrote:
>> I do know that there's an entire segment of business people that rely on
>> Skype to do business, and pay for the privilege... so they have a good
>> customer base that is not
oops sorry, I always confuse you for someone else.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Vivec wrote:
>
> Okies..sooo...dunno who the Angel is since my name on the lists is VIVEC
> *ahem* :) ...
>
> but ..uhh...
>
> The issue of the widening gap between rich and poor is a worldwide one. It
> is jus
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Erika L. Rich wrote:
> I do know that there's an entire segment of business people that rely on
> Skype to do business, and pay for the privilege... so they have a good
> customer base that is not going away because there is not other tool on the
> market now tha
I don't know about the valuation, but it's definitely something they need if
they do indeed want to compete in that market.
I do know that there's an entire segment of business people that rely on
Skype to do business, and pay for the privilege... so they have a good
customer base that is not goi
some examples that are standing out in my mind:
john kerry and jane fonda photo
multiple missels by iran
lebanese hezbollah photos
what is funny, though, is that in my mind i was not lumping these
people into a larger "Jewish" group, and thinking that the actions
reflected that community. I
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Vivec wrote:
> Maybe they intend to kill it off.
>
> Can you imagine if the only place you could get Skype was on your Windows
> Phone and Windows OS?
Hello Facetime. Hello fragmentation of market. Maybe a little video
client wars will make something interesti
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Michael Dinowitz
wrote:
> So if they just blacked out the women you would not see them as sexist
> assholes? Only because they photoshopped them out? (a rather easy thing to
> do now-a-days)
>
> Just wanted to be sure the border of sexist asshole by your standards
Okies..sooo...dunno who the Angel is since my name on the lists is VIVEC
*ahem* :) ...
but ..uhh...
The issue of the widening gap between rich and poor is a worldwide one. It
is just most noticeable and the gap is largest in the US.
But it has become a growing trend worldwide. It is responsible
I would have the exact same reaction to anyone who used photoshop to
manipulate a photo to change the context of an image, then post it as
anything but a joke.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Michael Dinowitz <
mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Medic wrot
Simplistic paraphrasing that illustrates how I read this thread
*Angel:* "...americas rich are too few and too rich and that is bad..."
*Jerry:* "...in america, our lower middle class has it pretty good
comparatively speaking..."
*Angel:* "...well if its so good for everybody, people will never
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
>
> or imagine if skype had a patent for something vital to voip?
>
Yeah, they have p2p under the hood for their supernode stuff which
makes call quality better by sharing the network strain over other
nodes around you.
I think it's a
rising gas and food prices.
a noticeable lowering of the quality of life.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Vivec wrote:
>
> But if most of the population in the US is apathetic, or simply
> disenfranchised in various ways, what will force the change?
>
> Are the rich suddenly going to stop i
or imagine if skype had a patent for something vital to voip?
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Vivec wrote:
>
> Maybe they intend to kill it off.
>
> Can you imagine if the only place you could get Skype was on your Windows
> Phone and Windows OS?
~~
Maybe they intend to kill it off.
Can you imagine if the only place you could get Skype was on your Windows
Phone and Windows OS?
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But if most of the population in the US is apathetic, or simply
disenfranchised in various ways, what will force the change?
Are the rich suddenly going to stop influencing government to pass laws in
their favor (copyright, internet, campaign financing etc.) against the
interests of countries?
W
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote:
>
> That, and the fact that they cut the pictures of women out of all the
> good dirty books
>
And here I thought it was because sex was considered a commandment. :)
(disclaimer: please don't take the extreme actions of a minority gr
So if they just blacked out the women you would not see them as sexist
assholes? Only because they photoshopped them out? (a rather easy thing to
do now-a-days)
Just wanted to be sure the border of sexist asshole by your standards. Does
it apply to anyone who would remove or otherwise prevent the
Yes, they sold it to a private equity firm a couple years back for like a
$1.2 billion loss.
Which is why I don't understand the valuation by MS. eBay bought Skype in
2005 for $3.1 billion, then sold it for a huge loss. Now I'm expected to
believe that it's worth about 3X that 2005 price? Some
Do I think it is good? No.
But do I think it is NEW? No.
Look at the ownership of the US at its founding. And then look at it
in 1860. Then look at the people who built the mansions in Newport,
and the railroads.
The massive disparity in incomes and wealth has been a fact of life in
the US for
Didn't Ebay dump Skype when they realized there was no money to be made?
.
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Ray Champagne wrote:
>
> Somewhere, there is an executive at Google laughing his/her ass off. No
> matter what technology is in their future, or whether they can leverage
> Skype on the
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Medic wrote:
>
> I wonder if it was a Muslim or Christian paper that had PS'd a couple of
> Jewish people out of a photo if your attitude would be as nonchalant?
>
It's been done in the past and people yawned about it.
The media manipulates data all the time an
>From the sources, the countries varied so I guess that's the reason.
But yes, the author did show those countries that portray stark
differences.
Regardless of whether you think the 'Poor have it good' in the US, do you
think the ever widening gap
and the fact that such a large percentage of re
I can almost just see some marketing people sitting around saying "we
need a big, GOOD headline. What DOESN'T google own that we can buy?"
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Ray Champagne wrote:
>
> Somewhere, there is an executive at Google laughing his/her ass off. No
> matter what technology
Why do the countries compared to the US change in each graph? (maybe
to make the comparisons as extreme as possible?)
But, ignoring that for the moment, I will say this.
I grew up lower-middle-class (and at times we were apparently actually
"poor"), but I loved my childhood, and thinking about i
Somewhere, there is an executive at Google laughing his/her ass off. No
matter what technology is in their future, or whether they can leverage
Skype on the Windows phone, I just can't see it being valued at that kind of
price...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870373080457631393265
That, and the fact that they cut the pictures of women out of all the
good dirty books
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Michael Dinowitz
wrote:
> During the various plagues in Europe, a common charge against Jews was that
> they caused the plagues. The reasoning?
> They did not get them as
There will be a day of reckoning at some point, but it will not be a
reckoning between Arabs and Jews...it will be a reckoning between the Arab
people, and those who purport to lead them.
If these revolutions yield leaders who would push towards a showdown with
Israel, will they do so democratica
You can just scroll down to the big graph pictures :-)
http://defendingthepublicgood.org/2011/04/18/the-real-american-exceptionalism/
http://defendingthepublicgood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Multiplier-of-CEO-pay4.png
http://defendingthepublicgood.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Military-exp
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Gruss Gott wrote:
>
> Michael Dinowitz wrote:
> > For Jews, hand washing accompanies a number of activities.
>
> But food prep too right? That's the whole concept of kosher and "clean"?
>
The concept of Kosher has to do with the types of foods allowable and ho
I wonder if it was a Muslim or Christian paper that had PS'd a couple of
Jewish people out of a photo if your attitude would be as nonchalant?
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Michael Dinowitz <
mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote:
>
> My point on consuming media is the result of the flow of the
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