Paul Buchheit

Something tells me Google are going to put AdWords in your car and kill the Billboard - Johnny

Who wants a car that drives itself? I want a car that drives me! - Gabe

And self-searching souls? - Josh Haley

I want a car that drives itself from it's parking place to the front door to pick me up! ;) - Rachel Lea Fox

I hope the exit was joyful and that he never has to return to that. - Clare Dibble

Such sorrow. I wish there'd been an alternative.There wasn't. He was so brave. He tried, for many years. Clare's comment is very well-said. - Ellie K

"After reading many of the Iraq/Afghan/Cablegate logs I am compelled to inform my fellow citizens that I saw nothing in these logs that could endanger our troops or public servants. Here’s what I did see: I saw Iraq war logs that painted a very bleak picture of the situation there which doesn’t match up with the “improved security” that’s been reported by the “Defense” Department for years. I saw proof of public officials acting dishonestly and abusing their posts. Overall, I saw an out of control government that is in over its head and does more to endanger the lives of its people than any publishing organization ever could. I volunteered to protect this country under the impression that my government followed the will of the American People and adhered to the US Constitution. As it turns out, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were never constitutionally declared and despite public opinion being against the two wars they continue to grow more destructive. My experiences in these wars differed greatly from the propaganda the American people were sold by America’s mainstream media outlets; many times I would return from a mission to see wild inaccuracies being reported on Fox/CNN/MSNBC about the very operation I had just been supporting. Wikileaks has helped shine light on the true nature of these illegal wars and the policymakers that perpetuate them, for this I am thankful." - Paul Buchheit

"One of the most respected, senior and widely published professors of psychology, Daryl Bem of Cornell, has just published an article that suggests that people — ordinary people — can be altered by experiences they haven't had yet. Time, he suggests, is leaking. The Future has slipped, unannounced, into the Present. And he thinks he can prove it." - Paul Buchheit

I liked this before this was shared. - Jemm

The smile does not fit, Paul. Please grin :) - Claudio Cicali

hello my name is hernan - Hernan Ñanculeo

woot... 'Anyone doing it with the idea that they can simply find the next Google, invest a bunch of money, and then get super-rich is going to be very disappointed.' - Vic Ted

"First off, the song was inspired by a short story first published by Richard Foster in the Nov. 1973 issue of Road & Track; you can read the full story here. In short, it's a futuristic tale in which government regulations have conspired to make cars so safe that they could survive 50-mph head-on crashes with no damage to car or driver. A rebel who has use of an old MGB, however, regularly drives his little car out in the country but is often beset by drivers of "Modern Safety Vehicles" (MSVs) who like to ram old cars just for kicks. The story relates one harrowing adventure in which two MSVs coordinate their attack. The song itself (lyrics below) differs somewhat from the story. In the original, new cars seem to be normal in most ways--gasoline engine, wheels, etc.--just much safer, at least for the driver and passengers. In the song, the antagonists are "gleaming alloy air cars" which seems to imply some sort of anti-gravity technology. Also, in the story, driving an old car was perhaps a bad idea, but not illegal. The song suggests that driving personal cars or old cars is against the law ("before the Motor Law" and "I commit my weekly crime"). It's not clear just why our hero is being chased; because of the apparent illegality of the act, it always made me think that the pursuers were actually police cars rather than simple miscreants as in the story. The cars, as noted above, differ as well. In the story, the protagonist drives an MGB which is only 15 years old, but the car in the song is a Barchetta that has been kept and preserved "for 50-odd years"." - Paul Buchheit

According to classiccars.com a barchetta is: "an open top car dedicated to racing without doors or a top and with uniform and streamlined bodywork. It could have one or two separate seats." - Maggie

I think his problem is that he has the wrong definition of "man". Being a man includes taking responsibility for himself and his choices, having integrity, and being a good role model. The definition does not include using women as sex objects. I hope I never find myself in a position of telling my son "Don't act like a man". - Gabe

Well said, Gabe. - Andy Bakun

One might also say don't act like a human as these behaviors are solidly in the range of how humans treat each other. It takes a lot more work, awareness, understanding to be nice to each other. - Todd Hoff

Check out this article on "What Is Manliness?" from The Art of Manliness: http://artofmanliness.com/2010... - Ruchira S. Datta

Great, beautifully done. Oh, and thank you & the same back at ya. - D Lets

Listen, do you smell something? - Gunneh's Gonna Miss Y'all

9 out of 10 doctors recommend it! - Gabe

It may just be speculation, but making money on money rather than producing something is at the root of a lot of evil. - Todd Hoff

Since when is credit a cash crop? - Gabe

Credit is great -- it's the basis of capitalism. I think the big problem is predatory lenders -- the people who extend credit to those they know won't be able to pay it back. - Gabe

The loins that sired friendfeed! - Goran Zec

Camilla: "Grandma's a princess!" - April Buchheit

Nice! What is it? Looks like an ACME anvil. - Sajida Hina Khan

Locking pliers are Vise Grips. A device with the screw is a vise in the US and a vice in other places. - Gabe

What is this a picture of? - Steve and 4 other people

An explosion. - Paul Buchheit

i made the mistake of searching that term, then image-searching that term. - Eric Eldon

Hahaha, genius - JSLeFanu

"But now some of the cables provided by WikiLeaks to Spanish newspaper El Pais confirm that the US government has pushed other countries to adopt measures that go beyond US law, unleashing the fury of Spanish Internet users. A set of cables reported on by El Pais make clear that the US government played a key role in Spain’s controversial website blocking law – the 2009 Sustainable Economy Bill, which the Spanish government is now trying to sneak it through a Committee in a pre-holiday session on 21st December. (Spanish readers, please see Action you can take below). El Pais reports that in February 2008 the US government threatened to put Spain on the annual Special 301 Watch List issued by the Office of the US Trade Representative unless the new Spanish government announced new measures to address Internet piracy, including a law that requires ISPs to terminate the Internet access of subscribers accused three times of file sharing - like the French “HADOPI” Three Strikes law." - Paul Buchheit

Fortunately, it looks like Spain rejected the website blocking law. - Gabe

Where are the walls? Where will the firewood hang the plasma TV? How are they going to entertain themselves? - April Buchheit

Finally! A Bay Area house I can afford! - Spidra Webster

Yes, probably my favorite company. - Vezquex

Lines on 'welcome negative feedback' are good. - Ash

I wouldn't say survival. That lessens what you have just described. Say rather it is a higher gift because it elevates, it cries, it praises, it mourns and it rejoices. And it expresses these things when our hearts our too full for just words. - Melanie Reed

Read the whole thing. - Paul Buchheit

Let yourself go / Let yourself go / Let your feelings show - DGentry

See http://twitter.com/gaustin... for one such confused individual. - Paul Buchheit

don't you see some performance drop? - testbeta

(removed minor issue) - DGentry

You may be right Philipp. It could serve its purpose even if it never finds commercial success on its own. - Paul Buchheit

i would move. soon! :-) - Alb.

S.O.U.S.'s? I don't think they exist.... - Nicķ

Sweet... - Robyn Hawk

I don't know which is which Don. Last year she went to the one near Mountain View, but this year she goes to the one closer to Palo Alto. - Paul Buchheit

"It's taken 41 years, but a previously unseen set of photos of the mighty Niagara Falls reduced to nothing more than a barren cliff-top have finally surfaced. The stark images reveal North America's iconic - and most powerful - waterfall to be almost as dry as a desert. In June 1969, U.S. engineers diverted the flow of the Niagara River away from the American side of the falls for several months." - Paul Buchheit

Mark: Apparently ice dams can stop water flow altogether, but it hasn't happened since maybe 1848. What happens is that ice ends up covering the river and the falls (such that you were allowed to walk on it up to about 100 years ago), but the water still flows underneath it. - Gabe

I'm on your side Paul! :) - Oguz Serdar

remember android too wasn't taken seriously by many in its initial stages it was expected to fade away, but then google gave nexus with help from manufacturers, chrome os comes with a hardware it mght be difficult but lets see how laptop companies see it do they bring out chrome os based notebooks? because it ight actually cut costs, a chrome os notebook is expected to be cheaper than usual win or iOS based notebooks even netbooks lets see how asus sees it - testbeta