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In a polarized society, will moderate viewpoints die? (2)
on The Inquisitr (1423) permalinkThe term red states, blue states introduced America and the world to the notion of a polarized society, one that rallies around what makes us different over the common ground. Polarization in politics isn’t new, but today the middle ground appears weak, a notion of the greater good replaced by one of a blind ideological viewpoint of us and them. Sadly the new media and technology sector are moving in the same direction. Extremism on ...Shared by elroy (77) Jason Cartwright (35)Contribute comment
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Virus Infects Space Station Laptops (Again) (24)
on Wired Top Stories (5639) permalinkA password-stealing virus infected laptops on the international space station, though NASA says no mission critical equipment was affected. It's also not the first time a computer virus has made its way into space.Shared by Andrew Becherer (59) arjo (132) Atilano (41) cerement (25) Chris (155) Creeva (136) Davinder (85) eugene (118) J. James B (128) Jason Cartwright (35) jerry (65) John (31) MetatronsCube (55) Muhammad Saleem (780) Neagrigore (66) Nick Cobb (628) Ritu (804) Robby R (86) Robert Shellson (549) Sean (61) Sid (124) Thomas (38) Walter DeFoor (180) Will (29)Contribute comment
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Sizzle (11)
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YouTube Comment Snob, Firefox extension hides idiotic comments (54)
on Waxy.org Links (1995) permalinkcustomizable filter based on spelling errors, punctuation, and capitalization; the result is starkShared by Abhishek (60) Angus (93) ani625 (370) Bob Potter (23) bounder (47) Brandon J. Mendelson (65) BrendoMan (318) brokekid (438) Bwana (284) Carol Martinez (26) Daniel Seijo (56) Dean Hendrix (45) Ed (16) Eduo (196) eric stimmel (28) Eugene (147) Foomandoonian (97) Fourbin (80) Gautam (134) Greer Mitchell (23) Greg (44) hikikomori (195) Ian (55) Jason (76) Jason Cartwright (35) Jason Nazar (162) Jered Benoit (4) Jesse (55) Jon (24) Jon (50) Jon Williams (45) Jonathan Sterling (159) Juan Diego (284) Justin (36) Krismet (1) Laughing Squid (162) lightsoutfilms (8) marya (56) micampe (76) misterjt (104) n8dude (115) Neil Turner (32) Patrick Haney (10) Paul Jones (31) pr1000 (72) Raena (3) Rob Knight (12) Roo Reynolds (15) RT (23) Russell Sprague (11) Sean (38) smilebit (56) vanlandw (79) Yhancik (16)Explore read five notesContribute comment
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TraceMonkey (64)
on John Resig (549) permalinkI've been waiting to blog about this for a long time now. A fantastic new improvement to Mozilla's JavaScript engine (SpiderMonkey) has landed. Code-named TraceMonkey this engine utilizes a techniques, called trace trees (PDF), which adds just-in-time native code compilation to SpiderMonkey. A major goal of the project has been to set JavaScript up to compete with natively-compiled code, rather than simply against other interpreters. This means that we're starting to see speeds that are ...Shared by aemkei (82) Alec Resnick (205) Andrew (44) ani625 (370) Arjun (137) atul (550) Azeem (108) brad (43) Breyten (80) Brian Landau (45) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (242) Carl Fyffe (37) Cartwright Reed (50) Chris K (134) Claude (40) clementi (92) Clint Ecker (280) Colby Palmer (30) Compuwizard123 (229) Daemach (88) Danielle Fong (40) Derrick (20) Dexter.Yy (46) Diabolic Preacher (19) Edwin Khodabakchian (45) elmarco (40) evo (68) Florent Solt (54) FX Poster (44) g9yuayon (64) Gary Burge (108) hac0demon (105) Inferis (35) ionel (43) Jason Cartwright (35) Javed (560) Jeremy (375) Jesús Dugarte (65) John (46) Klemo (72) matpol (81) mca (73) met (74) mkrisher (21) OJ (42) pablo (88) Pavel Cvrček (4) Peter (42) Peter N (38) puthali (53) Rob (52) Ron (44) Scott (50) Sean (27) Sebastian Werner (70) Stephen Tse (9) ta2 (79) tig (179) Tim (84) Tim Disney (19) Vez (22) Voyagerfan5761 (401) xp (20) ysamjo (58)Explore read four notes
- Sebastian Werner said: Nice, but we still need to wait for IE to improve upon these new standards.
- Jason Cartwright said: This, is awesome
- Daemach said: Microsoft just can't keep up.
- Sean said: Javascript as fast as C. Mmmmmm. (Well, maybe not THAT fast, but still cool.)
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querySelectorAll in Firefox 3.1 (17)
on Planet Mozilla (488) permalinkA brand-new implementation of the Selectors API has landed in the latest Firefox nightlies (and in Firefox 3.1a1) - on track to head your way in the upcoming Firefox 3.1 release. I've talked about this API before (1, 2) and while I do have some misgivings about the current API (which will be remedied in upcoming revisions of the spec) there is one thing that is undeniable about it: It is extraordinarily fast. Thankfully, implementations ...Shared by aemkei (82) brad (43) Bruno Campagnolo de Paula (242) Claude (40) codefin (29) ionel (43) Jason Cartwright (35) Jeff Daly (168) kristin (24) leff (10) met (74) Pierre (69) Robert Accettura (94) Sebastian Werner (70) Tim Disney (19) Will (23) yoshy (680)
- brad said: John Resig is a genius. Henceforth I'm going to attempt to emulate him in every way possible.
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Is Linking to Yourself the Future of the Web? (63)
on O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies (2364) permalinkLast year, Bill Janeway really got my attention (pdf) when he noted that "over time, Wall Street 'firms began to trade against their clients for their own account, such that now, the direct investment activities of a firm like Goldman Sachs dwarf their activities on behalf of outside customers.'" As I wrote in my blog post at the time, Trading for Their Own Account, "I thought, whither Google, Yahoo! and Amazon?" At the time, I ...Shared by .LAG (40) Aaron (87) Adam (79) Alex Ryan (132) Alfredo (53) Archit T (126) atul (550) bhc3 (225) Brad Williams (10) Brent Blooodworth (23) Brian (62) Burad (36) chrisfreitag (27) chryss (17) Dave (9) David (55) Dr. Ernie (163) dreig (50) elstudio (19) Eugene Alvin Villar (34) Federico Giacanelli (74) Götz (43) Gregory Go (133) Guillermo Esteves (36) James and Tom (83) James Forbes Keir (71) Jan (251) janequigley (103) Jason Cartwright (35) Jeff Birkeland (6) Jeremy Hylton (42) JL! (24) Jonas (30) Josh Lawton (26) Justin Yost (263) kenmat (38) koovus (222) Krish (96) larry (36) losamorales (26) louisgray (653) maetl (29) Mark R (40) mathewi (109) mfdez (11) Mike F (2144) Ontario Emperor (285) Phil (23) Phillip Baker (46) Riaz (41) Rick (110) S. Anthony Iannarino (62) santiromero (31) sarahintampa (458) schmiddi (28) Standard Society (70) TDavid (74) The one (36) TIGGR (106) Tim (279) Tim (33) Trojan Warrior (48) Vincent (29)Explore read six notes
- Götz said: When this trend spreads (and I say "when", not "if"), this will be a tax on the utility of the web that must be counterbalanced by the utility of the intervening pages. If they are really good, with lots of useful, curated data that you wouldn't easily find elsewhere, this may be an acceptable tax. In fact, they may even be beneficial, and a real way to increase the value of the site to its readers. If they are purely designed to capture additional clicks, they will be a degradation of the web's fundamental currency, much like the black hat search engine pages that construct link farms out of search engine results.-- interessabte Beobachtung
- JL! said: "Readers learn, remember, and resent when links on a certain site tend to be a waste of their time."YES!!!!
- larry said: I've seen the NYT example in action. I was actually quite frustrated and annoyed that they didn't have a link to the site they were talking about...
- Trojan Warrior said: Así empezaron los buscadores, a practicar la endogamia informativa, y mira cómo han acabado...
- chrisfreitag said: This is why I stopped clicking links on Engadget. When you link to Nokia 6682, I want to see the Nokia 6682, not Engadget search results.
- Federico Giacanelli said: E' l'unica cosa che non ho mai sopportato di Punto Informatico.
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Can Optic Cables Predict Economic Shifts? (24)
on GigaOM (3010) permalinkHaving followed the optical network business for over a decade, one thing I have learned is that the boom and bust cycles of the business often mask patterns that have long-term implications. The overbuilding of U.S. networks in the 1990s foretold a bust in the telecom industry. The buying up of bankrupt carriers’ assets indicated the rise of new players including Google, which has built a fearsome infrastructure. These days, all the excitement in the ...Shared by AJ (1003) anand (57) Aspi (32) Barry Mitchelson (44) Ben (494) Ben Turner (140) Charles (157) Daniel (28) Einstweign (48) James Tenniswood (41) Jason Cartwright (35) Joe (239) Michael Ewens (40) Mike Walsh (62) Nicolai (100) Núria (54) Paul Denlinger (56) px (72) Robert Scoble (292) rzklkng (642) Shyam (36) woid (41) Xdroot (200) Zaki (217)Contribute comment
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Lessons on Blogging from Jon Stewart (66)
on O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies (2364) permalinkThe New York Times today has a fascinating profile of Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, entitled Is This The Most Trusted Man in America? The article is a wonderful celebration of the person and the spirit of the show he's created. But perhaps more interestingly in the internet context, this article is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of journalism. It shows how the informality and attitude that we take ...Shared by ~C4Chaos (340) Abhishek (60) Alex (449) Alex (126) Bjoern (99) Brent (136) Brent Blooodworth (23) Buzzworkers (94) CannonGod (768) Charles (157) Chris (225) Daniel Langendorf (133) David (206) David (20) David Chartier (47) davidrbailey (14) Dedalus (89) Donnie Berkholz (100) Dr. Ernie (163) Dustin (20) Eric (47) Eric Carlson (31) Gauravonomics (261) Gregory Go (133) grow (65) iandexter (25) Jaap Willem (55) James and Tom (83) Jason Cartwright (35) Jay (92) Jeffrey (50) Jill (162) Joe (11) Jonathan (111) Josh Mize (59) Julie (67) Kerray (27) Kevin Marks (71) Kris (88) kskobac (48) lak (21) lkratz (63) marcel weiß (67) Mark (15) Mark (65) Marshall Sponder (133) Martin Gordon (103) Maurice (62) Maxine (72) Mike F (2144) Nathan (29) neilfws (73) Nick Nogueira (99) nicknich3 (89) p0ps (85) Pete (128) peter keane (43) prexec (108) reechard (112) Ricardo M. (106) richhand (118) Robert Scoble (292) sonny (28) Teresa (41) voidfiles (143) Zaki (217)
- Abhishek said: read it: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/arts/television/17kaku.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
- marcel weiß said: "What a call to action! What a way forward for all of those trying to understand the future of news! Point of view fused with fact checking, bluntness and informality fused with ruthless editing, a humanistic vision that acts as a filter to make sure that the stories covered actually matter!"
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http://flickr.com/photos/brittnybadger/sets/72157606728017373/detail/ (16)
permalinkFlickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.Shared by Alemsah (60) Andreas (29) Dave Evans (3) G.Dewald (41) genieyclo (155) Jason Cartwright (35) JECO Photo (9) Jon (8) Leigh Honeywell (18) LUCCHINA (413) Maksim Berjoza (93) Mich D (1028) michael (19) Paul Mayne (18) pericles (1677) Zak Nicola (198)Contribute comment
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Bigfoot discovery press conference on Friday (17)
on Boing Boing (18095) permalinkLoren Coleman of Cryptomundo writes about the Bigfoot body purported to be discovered in the woods in Northern Georgia. The guys who claim to have discovered it are holding a press conference in Palo Alto on Friday. Is it real? It certainly looks like the real deal, and with a surprising variety of features. The hominoid (please note, not hominid) body, found in the Georgia woods, is now in a secure location, under armed guard, ...Shared by Alan Simpson (15) Alex (35) Allen (30) Andrew (48) barrie (69) Bwood42 (24) David (27) Fatsleroy (82) J. James B (128) Jason Cartwright (35) Jeff Schmidt (100) Jim (52) Kevin (117) Lee (54) Sean (61) Theo (57) Victor (37)Contribute comment
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The illusion of control (1)
on Delicious/Preoccupations (2) permalink"Lift/elevator passengers essentially volunteer to be shut inside a metal box suspended hundreds of metres off the ground ... they abdicate responsibility for their safety to a computer. Few sane humans would be willing to do this on these terms. As a result, lift designers have to be very careful to ensure passengers feel in control of the system, even though in reality they have only partial control at best. The Door Close button is ...Shared by Jason Cartwright (35)Contribute comment
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Milan Zoufal shared as favorite mtjs_iepnghandler: more PNG support for IE 6 (11)
on Ajaxian » Front Page (3613) permalinkMicah Tischler wasn't happy with the variety of approaches for allowing transparent PNG support in IE 6, so he continued his work with mtjs_iepnghandler which intelligently provides true background repeat functionality for transparent PNGs as well as full positioning. In this script image tags are supported, both with and without a blank spacer GIF, and background image PNGs may be positioned, as well as repeated, even if they're smaller than the content element they're in. ...Shared by Convoluted (136) Daniel (21) Gabriel Gilini (36) hac0demon (105) Jason Cartwright (35) Kim (43) Milan Zoufal (24) sorrycc (35) Stephan Nedregaard (59) tjp (50) zoby (35)Contribute comment
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The secret of the web (hint: it's a virtue) (159)
on Seth's Blog (4661) permalinkPatience. Google was a very good search engine for two years before you started using it. The iPod was a dud. I wrote Unleashing the Ideavirus 8 years ago. A few authors tried similar ideas but it didn't work right away. So they gave up. Boingboing is one of the most popular blogs in the world because they never gave up. The irony of the web is that the tactics work really quickly. You friend ...Shared by Aashay (36) Adrian (89) Alex Plank (43) Alexandru Popescu (101) Andy (22) Andy Wibbels (74) Annette Schulte (7) barry (21) Benjamin R (34) blake borgeson (53) Bob Walsh (10) Brian (93) Brian Carter (101) Brian Halligan (1) Brian.LeRoux (30) brian.moschel (71) Bruno Torres (22) Bulent Duagi (29) burkinaboy (795) Caleb Elston (107) CannonGod (768) Carl (35) Cast42 (51) CB (169) Cem (28) Charlie Park (5) Chris Bartlett (18) Chris Wills (48) ckstevenson (17) Claude (11) cmm324 (24) Colin Plamondon (9) colleen wainwright (26) Courtney (117) Damien (35) Daniel (50) Daniel (52) Daniel C (30) danliebke (222) Dave (21) Dave Q (13) David (38) David (57) dcorts (1) dekrazee1 (28) Derek Powazek (4) Dora (25) Doug (28) DrBaher (74) Duane (175) EirePreneur (59) Ethan (39) exactaBob (20) FlorinGrozea (110) g9yuayon (64) Garry (33) Garsen (33) George Tziralis (48) ghuth (27) Gloria (19) Goktug (63) Graham (70) haraldf (27) Hashim (102) Hendrik Dacquin (38) Hourou (85) Ivan Žužak (41) J.Wo (29) James (18) Jason Cartwright (35) Jason P (54) JasonTheDCE (67) Jay (35) Jay Liew (116) Jeff (27) Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (470) Jim English (31) JJFlash (2) Joe Taylor Jr. (21) Joel (101) Johan (45) John (12) John Magnus (211) Jon (44) Jonathan (14) Jonathan (12) Joolliee (28) Josh Lawton (26) Joshua Wilde (18) Kareem Sultan (32) kicha (24) kiran (91) Kirk (32) koles (21) kristinmyers (63) LauraLee (183) Lee (81) leo (37) Liam (34) lizunlong (153) Lloyd (24) Lorraine (25) Lucindo (41) Maciek Pasternacki (10) mario r (68) Mark Davidson (86) Marshall (24) mase (56) Matt (17) matthew hunt (78) Matthew Kimberley (41) Mattias (32) Michael (224) Mike (114) Mike F (2144) mndoci (210) Nitin (45) oblonski (57) Peter Du (24) Phil (25) phoenix (37) Piotr (52) pongle (19) psi (45) pwielezynski (15) Ricardo M. (106) Rick Weiss (38) roborj (22) Rodgers (1) Ryan (26) Ryan Kellett (76) S. Anthony Iannarino (62) SAWagner30 (84) Scott Johnston (41) Sean (55) Seth (43) Shane (117) Shea Gunther (392) Sids (59) Sonciary (28) Stuart (54) sturob (40) Sue (130) tarrask (89) Teresa (41)
