Brian Sullivan

"Modelling of planet Gliese 581d shows it has the potential to be warm and wet enough to nurture Earth-like life, scientists have said. It orbits a red dwarf star called Gliese 581, located around 20 light years from Earth, which makes it one of our closest neighbours." - Brian Sullivan

"Getting to the planet would still require a sci-fi breakthrough in travel for earthlings. A spaceship travelling close to light speed would take more than 20 years to get there, while our present rocket technology would take 300,000 years." - Brian Sullivan

"Arnold Schwarzenegger has confessed that he had an affair with a household staffer that resulted in the birth of a child before he became governor of California." - Brian Sullivan

Both my kids had this book (and song) in their primary school immersion program. - Brian Sullivan

No one that I can remember ever questioned why Luc took his dog to school. - Brian Sullivan

Must have made a lasting impression on my daughter though -- she named her dog Fido. - Brian Sullivan

Well played, sir, well played. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

No point arguing with people who don't understand math in the same conversation. Might as well just start another one. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Yes, at the speed of zero...or rather at the speed of the Earth as it hurtles through space. And no, to be climbing a mountain, my couch would have to be on a mountain. I am, however, moving through suburbia at, well, you know. - Scoble, Alex Scoble

I am seeing lots of scammy ads in my Reader stream. If not for illegal products they are certainly for questionable products/websites ('Meet Arab Women' now, chat with Lesbian women now, get a date now, invest in Chinese rare earth mines and such) - Brian Sullivan

It seems there is no doubt that Google is scrapping the bottom of the advertising revenue barrel. - Brian Sullivan

"London to Istanbul, 8 days, 8 countries, driving 3000 miles, an adventure of a lifetime! With key check-points and parties on route in London, Paris, Barcelona, Monaco, Venice, Belgrade, Sofia and finally the mighty Istanbul." - Brian Sullivan

Not totally sure how this works but talk about potentially disruptive technology! - Brian Sullivan

History: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki... - Brian Sullivan

"The damage is catastrophic. Hundreds of homes, churches and businesses have been destroyed. So too has the town hall, library and radio station. The power is out, cellphone service has been spotty, and 7,000 residents were forced to flee through a single road, the only highway open as fires rage on all sides." - Brian Sullivan

"An environmental advocacy group is urging the government to impose stricter regulations on the cosmetics industry after publishing a report that suggests many makeup products contain a number of toxic heavy metals." - Brian Sullivan

#merightnow - Shevonne

Representing the older generation. - Brian Sullivan

""I have exact information that bin Laden was held by the American military for sometime... until the day they killed him he was a prisoner held by them," the hardline president said in a live interview on Iranian state television." - Brian Sullivan

LOL@Mark. I swore this was posted by Sean. Then, I swore I'd see an immediate comment by him. :) - Rahsheen

This could get interesting. - Brian Sullivan

Last I remember (when they dumped Wave) they were swearing that Buzz was an ongoing project with a bright future. - Brian Sullivan

Seems from all appearances that they have abandoned it and it has no future. - Brian Sullivan

Predicting snow? - Brian Sullivan

http://www.google.com/ig... -- the iGoogle weather gadget. - Brian Sullivan

" Judge me by what I can do for America now, rather than only by my mistakes in the past, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Sunday." - Brian Sullivan

Can I see his birth certificate? I'm serious too. - Johnny

I am an F1 fan and would like to see another North American race but it is hard to justify in times of fiscal restraint public money being used to support this. - Brian Sullivan

Or conspiracy therorism? - Brian Sullivan

I think on FF it is when you post the third comment in a row to your "skeptical" posting without any other intervening comments. This measurement is not an exact science or proven theory though. ;-) - Brian Sullivan

""I think this incident reveals that Facebook now believes that Google is a threat to them, and is scared enough to try to covertly stab them in the back," Mr Soghoian told The Telegraph. "This is the most surprising and interesting aspect of this scandal."" - Brian Sullivan

Rain! - Brian Sullivan

"Radio host Terry David Mulligan’s decision to stroll across the B.C. border to Alberta with a case of wine today was meant to draw attention to an old, and in his mind, outdated law governing alcohol in this country. The B.C. radio host's beef is with Canada’s Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act, a 1928 law that states “no person shall import, send, take or transport, or cause to be imported, sent, taken or transported, into any province from or out of any place within or outside Canada any intoxicating li" - Brian Sullivan

North Americans can't handle liquor laws. - Nils Sandin

I can remember a time when you had to have a government issued card to buy liquor, when wine was a street drink with some sort of name like "Old Sailor", drinking establishments had special "Ladies and Escorts" entrances and separate facilities, and grapes in Niagara meant those headed for Concord jelly. - Brian Sullivan

Ahh - the good old days. - Brian Sullivan

"The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was taken off an Air France plane at Kennedy International Airport minutes before it was to take off for Paris on Saturday and arrested in connection with the sexual attack of a maid at a Midtown Manhattan hotel, the authorities said." - Brian Sullivan

Pervy wanker - comix aka martha

He just got so used to taking advantage of people. hazard of the IMF job, really. - ωαřмaiden ❤Bassetmom❤

So that's what you get with a $3,000 suite. - Nils Sandin

Anybody else seeing this crap? - Brian Sullivan

Yep. - Anne Bouey

Any extension that blocks these that anybody is aware of? - Brian Sullivan

Got one just now when I hit a Press Telegram story. Got some yesterday while looking at a lyrics site (lyrics sites are always trouble). - Spidra Webster

More cunt. - Brian Sullivan

get 'er back in the kitchen! - sofarsoShawn

My son is in Thunder Bay headed that way on his journey to Yellowknife. I hope he avoids this. - Brian Sullivan

Heard from my son today . He made it through the floods without much incident (he did have a unexpected swim while fording a swollen river on his 15k hike to his cabin in Riding Mountain National Park). Last location is Saskatoon enroute to Edmonton to spend a weekend with his cousin/aunt/uncle at Wizard Lake. Then on to Jasper and Yellowknife. - Brian Sullivan

No -- not a ranger -- a recent graduate teacher on his way to Yellowknife and he hopes a job. The wilderness cabin they reserved just was only accessible after hiking 15k (he and his girlfriend are campy/wilderness types though). He has a life quest to visit every National Park so this one was a notch on his belt. - Brian Sullivan

The only really negative baggage he seems to have is his name (but that might even be a positive). - Brian Sullivan

No I think compared to the other potential candidates he is the most trouble for the Democrats. The others range from mildly nutty or soiled to complete nut cases. - Brian Sullivan

I am not sure if Google's Chromebook leasing/renting/upgrade strategy will work or not (I think not) but one thing is for sure. They are making a bold move to generate a revenue stream completely different from their search based advertising (I have often called them a one trick pony because that seemed like all they could do). - Brian Sullivan

don't think it has anything to do with Verizon, 190 other countries miss out as well. Most new Google services are US only, movie rentals, music cloud, google voice etc dunno exactly why? - sofarsoShawn

"Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)’s Web Services cloud- computing unit was used by hackers in last month’s attack against Sony Corp. (6758)’s online entertainment systems, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Hackers using an alias signed up to rent a server through Amazon’s EC2 service and launched the attack from there, said the person, who requested anonymity because the information is confidential. The account has been shut down, the person said. " - Brian Sullivan

Not a surprise. - Brian Sullivan