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1. I would imagine that nearly all of the people that enjoy the new layout have not participated in this poll. - briansolomon   - 03/19/2009

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1. I have still never seen a Virgin plane in my life...am I missing something? I guess I don't ever make it over to their side of the airport. Southwest/JetBlue ftw? - briansolomon   - 11/10/2008
2. lol... come to think of it, me neither... only on TV and stuff... hmmmm.... conspiracy perhaps? - Matt   - 11/10/2008

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1. wow. what an enormous accomplishment. - Dave   - 11/09/2008
2. wtg Apple. - Matt   - 11/09/2008
3. iPhone nano, please. - briansolomon   - 11/10/2008

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1. The infrastructure costs are crazy. - Dave   - 10/31/2008
2. If facebook can't make it...how will everyone else? I don't want to see it turn into myspace with ads everywhere. - briansolomon   - 11/03/2008

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3. Haha, Dave. You have no idea what I've gone through with this computer. Well, what I did...they finally replaced machine. Hope you get this message 7 months later. - briansolomon   - 11/02/2008
4. Do you still have the Mac? - Dave   - 11/02/2008
5. Still have it! Hoping for a mac netbook/imac set up in the future. - briansolomon   - 11/03/2008

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5. brian, I STILL would NOT believe that story if the brother's themselves told me to the face... fact: they knew the product they had built infringed the intellectual property rights of someone else. They were wrong to have done what they did and the community was wrong to treat Hasbro as an oppressor and suggest that they reward the brother's bad choice. The brother's, in reality, committed a crime... no letter writing should matter....
   
   let's say I want to chop down the tree in your yard... i'll send you a letter. If you don't respond to me then I will assume it is ok to go ahead and break this law because i never heard back from you... ignoring idiotic requests is the same as saying yes to them, right? wrong. The only party that ignored letters here was the brothers, when they ignored the C&D letters from Hasbro. Hasbro went as far as telling Facebook to remove the application.... listen, there is no argument for "they didn't know, they thought it was ok".. that's just bull. they took a risk, it blew up in their face... boo hoo. I would feel more sorry for them had they not profited but they did profile, a lot... so they made their bed, now they get to lie in it.
   
   hasbro ftw. sorry, but that's where i stand on this one. - Matt   - 07/29/2008
6. And that's all she wrote:
   
   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/facebook-shuts-down-scrabulous/ - Dave   - 07/29/2008
7. Oh, I wasn't agreeing with the argument. Just throwing that out there. - briansolomon   - 11/02/2008

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2. yikes! - Matt   - 09/30/2008
3. That's kind of scary. But don't people look to see where they are driving. How do you get onto a train track like that without realizing it? - Dave   - 09/30/2008
4. hummm wonder if old fashion folded paper maps will experience a come back (?) naww
   
   signage such as technology may be harmful to your health like signage or stupid people should avoid technology type signage or the heavens shall part and the end of the world is at hand type of signage? i get so confused and i am just thankful for mcdonalds letting me know that my coffee is hot. !!!!!!!!!!
   oh god; deliver us from this.... please.
   
   i know it is scary and god knows i have be just as bone headed as the next person, but are we so dependent on EVERYTHING except our brains? maybe it's me this morning, not sure, i just see this as one of those strange things that could be avoided by thinking. and; i am not inferring anything on the individuals here, i have been in the zone myself, but now my excuse is my GPS ( read as any tech product). as a species, i know we can do better.
   
   ok i will shut up now and enjoy my blissful ignorance. - MageThufer   - 10/01/2008

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5. geez dave...that time of the month? All he was saying is that he really likes it...Im pretty sure he didnt sit down and contemplate everything thats been invented since Tivo..he was just saying how much he likes it....slow down little buddy.... - Lee   - 06/30/2008
6. I'm going off of the comment. I can't read your mind chief. I think its a bold statement when the claim is made that it's the 'greatest thing since Tivo'. If you said he really likes it, then I'd have taken that at face value. - Dave   - 06/30/2008
7. sorry dude. I didnt realize I was under oath..... - Lee   - 06/30/2008

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1. This is great! I would like them to be available in classic novel varieties so that I could fake like I actually read books. - briansolomon   - 05/13/2008

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1. Does anyone on Shyftr use Second Life? - briansolomon   - 04/17/2008
2. @briansolomon i have a free account; however, i am seldom on. - MageThufer   - 04/17/2008

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4. Hilarious. I hope I can find a pack! - briansolomon   - 04/16/2008
5. I tried the Harry Potter jelly beans too. I thought the flavor names would be a gimmick and that the actual flavors would be normal. Boy was I ever wrong. Yuck. I threw most of them away. - louisgray   - 04/17/2008
6. Vomit flavored? I can see a pretty funny gag coming out of this. - Dave   - 04/17/2008

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8. @briansolomon When you're reading the feed in the reader, you will be able to view the full post if the publisher is distributing it in full. Around discussions, we're only displaying the title and author - not the body. - Dave   - 04/15/2008
9. After using shyftr for about 10 minutes, my main concern is that when I click on a link in the Popular section, I am not given more information instantly about the original article in question. It almost adds an extra unneeded step between me and the website who's content I am trying to read. Take this post for example, this is all the information I'm given upfront:
   
   "Fine, I'll Say It: Shyftr Crosses The Line
   3 days ago"
   
   Wheres the beef? How am I expected to comment on an article when I have only a faint idea of what it encompasses? - Jeebus   - 04/15/2008
10. Jeebus, we absolutely understand your concern. It was also important that we listen to the concerns of the bloggers that were upset. After listening to those concerns and discussing the issue internally, this was the format that we chose. I think in time we'll be able to build a bridge that establishes an ideal experience for everyone. Thanks for sharing your opnion. - Dave   - 04/16/2008

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3. Not so - rarely do I have the time to read what everyone says except a few people I actually want to (top bloggers/friends/family)...that conversation most likely does not happen on the blog itself. FriendFeed is doing a great job of solving this issue for me. - parterburn   - 04/12/2008
4. If Shyftr wasn't delivering a solution to what people were looking for, building a community and offering a repository for shared comments to RSS feeds, it would fade on its own. But it does offer an interesting service that has a niche. Maybe that niche can grow over time so it is on par with the bigger guys. - louisgray   - 04/12/2008
5. I love Shyftr more and more everyday. I'm reading content I would otherwise never get around to looking at because of the streamlined nature. I was not a blog/news reader before this site because I have such fragmented and specific interests.
   
   So do you want me read what you have to say or not, bloggers? - briansolomon   - 04/14/2008

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8. well... older than me! - briansolomon   - 04/10/2008
9. I don't even know what twitter is! but I do know what shyftr is and I agree with mage it cannot be replaced - Sarah   - 04/11/2008
10. Twitter will never replace RSS for me. Talk about taking the wrong approach and the wrong tool to solve something else. It's the old "hammer for a screw" problem. - louisgray   - 04/11/2008

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3. @brian: i'm gonna have to agree... they went with the "extra long cord" as opposed to the "invisible, non-existent cord"... i don't know why.
   
   @suggs: yes! the power glove... it made that kid run off in that "Wizard" movie with fred savage back in the day.
   
   My favorite controller was the NES Advantage. - Matt   - 04/10/2008
4. @Matt I still have my advantage, that thing was great! And the Wizard was awesome, I had a crush on Jenny Lewis back then and still do today... The older, Rilo Kiley version, not still the Wizard version - andrewsuggs   - 04/10/2008
5. @andrewsuggs we had one of those back in my AOL days. your saying that brought back a flood of late night/early morning gaming memories.
   
   & sony has dumped the sixaxis for a rumble pack; the more things change, the more ...oh well. - MageThufer   - 04/10/2008

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3. see Achmed for my response.
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go - MageThufer   - 04/04/2008
4. very cool.
   If PS3 can bring some killer games to the table it will be a very poor year for a BD-less Xbox 360 - briansolomon   - 04/05/2008
5. the bigger only sony titles are towards the end of the year really. MGS4 and Resistance 2 for shooters. i don't really play grand turismo, that may be soon. of course for rpg's there is final fantasy xiii. i think the next big title at least the one getting a lot of press(mostly for being late) is HAZE. the other big news which is really stirring the pot is HOME. that will be big and hopefully here soon. - MageThufer   - 04/05/2008

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1. Look Suggs! - briansolomon   - 04/05/2008
2. I can't see this succeeding, their target market is too small. - ekpyrotic   - 04/05/2008
3. awesome, brian! BandFind ftw!!
   
   i might disagree about the target market being too small. There are at least 7 cities who's local music scene alone is enough to carry a service like this very far, that's not including players with national exposure already... if their tools facilitate the type of networking that people in the music business benefit from then they can do well. So while it might not be the next myspace, I'm fairly confident the founders are cool with that... - Matt   - 04/06/2008

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4. It is because of the outrageous number of gift cards that were redeemed in these months following Christmas. - briansolomon   - 04/03/2008
5. It's still the first time that's happened, right? ... it shows a crawl toward the top... itunes ftw. - Matt   - 04/03/2008
6. Definitely. Would like to see iTunes go all DRM-free and then I will be all for it. - briansolomon   - 04/04/2008

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1. There's no surprise here but what might be a surprise is the statement regarding the Rays as a team to watch this season - briansolomon   - 04/03/2008
2. It is the best park in the majors!!!!!!!!!!! - michael   - 04/04/2008

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1. $200 for a dock and some crappy speakers...you've got to be kidding me. - briansolomon   - 03/27/2008