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Here's my issue with G+: There are lots of people I have friended on Facebook that I would never give my email. They'll never be added to - TWuG Jun 30, 11:40 1
- I can understand that - especially since it's so hard to get a new email address these days. -- nm - decline Jun 30, 11:41
Is this a genuine teaser for the Dark Knight Rises, and - if so - why does it suck so much? -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 30, 11:39 1
- fake -- nm - Beaker Jun 30, 11:41
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- They're coming here, and I suspect it's going to be as annoying as humanly imaginable. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 11:40 1
  - I read a rumor that they'll appear on Glee. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:41
God as my witness, I thought turkeys could drive. -- (link) - nubby Jun 30, 11:36
Breaking Bad s3 spoilers - Beaker Jun 30, 11:36 3
- Just wait. They're going somewhere with that. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 11:37 1
  - my guess is - Beaker Jun 30, 11:39
- *nods* -- nm - Don Homer Jun 30, 11:36
The best Google news for me today is that Maps no longer loads like ass. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 11:32 3
- they've really improved it in the last weeks. everything looks prettier and works more streamlined -- nm - Hotkiss Jun 30, 11:41
- does that no depend what map you use? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:35
- hey, you're right. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:34
Man gets through airport security and boards flight to LA with expired boarding pass -- (link) - znufrii Jun 30, 11:32 7
- And then there's this: Scorpion stings on flight... - OAE Jun 30, 11:40
- I remember watching a man argue with an AA rep at JFK about 10 years ago. The man's wife was flying but did not have ID. - ty97 Jun 30, 11:38 1
  - a few years ago I saw a woman at DCA arguing with an airline agent that she should be allowed to go to the gate with 10 minutes left before takeoff. - loosilu Jun 30, 11:40
- I'm going to start thinking "Znufrii Alert" whenever I see stories about random airport scofflaws. -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:36
- was he wearing a diaper? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 11:36
- At least his pants were above his ass-crack. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 30, 11:35
- Hey, with all this groping we're doing to keep flights safe you can't actually expect us to check if they actually belong on a flight. -- nm - TSA Jun 30, 11:35
So, if you refuse to join Google's new social network... - Dr.Vermin+ Jun 30, 11:29 2
- notplus ulta -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:30
- *hits you with a punstick* -- nm - znufrii Jun 30, 11:30
so tonigts games is Nigeria vs. Germany - Germany should win by default - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:26
Does midnight belong to the day before or the day after? - prayformojo Jun 30, 11:25 25
- You are correct. -- nm - nubby Jun 30, 11:38
- to me "midnight Friday" means the time that is late Friday night/very early Saturday morning. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 30, 11:35
- same difference as with the millennium -- nm - marcel Jun 30, 11:35
- Huh. I thought there'd be more agreement. So if I'm reading this right, most of us think that midnight Friday is within a matter of hours, - prayformojo Jun 30, 11:33 4
  - Here's the thing: when I use it to make plans, or in practice, I would call tonight midnight Thursday, because it's part of the Thurs night activities - TFox Jun 30, 11:37 1
    - Exactly -- what we say in everyday speech is not necessarily what's technically correct. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:37
  - Right, midnight is the beginning of Friday, not the end. However, most people will not understand what you mean if you don't make it clear. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:36
  - If you say it that way, I think a whole day plus a few hours. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:34
- it's gonna go down at midnight tonight, if you know what I mean. -- nm - Max Jun 30, 11:31
- Day after. -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:28
- day before - midnight is of the day that is ending. -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 11:28
- Excellent question. Technically, neither. Practically, the day after (for reasons I've never agreed with). -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:28 5
  - You are a facinating woman. -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:30
  - so if said 'i was out until midnight Friday', that would mean 11:59.59pm Thursday? -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 11:29 2
    - Ha! Actually it means until midnight Saturday. :-) -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:31
    - technically yes, but context is always a powerful tool in parsing such sentences. -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:30
  - "Every day starts precisely at midnight..." -- (link) - mara Jun 30, 11:29
- 12:00:00 might belong to both. 12:00:01 and later belong to the new day. -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 11:26 6
  - 23:59:59 belongs to day 1, 00:00:00 belongs to day 2 -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 30, 11:28
  - The ball at Times Square drops at 12:00:00.0. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 11:28
  - isn't it 00:00? -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:27 3
    - 00:00 is the first second of the new day -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:28 2
      - Which is completely inconsistent with the way seconds and minutes are accumulated to form hours. -- nm - TWuG Jun 30, 11:31 1
        
        the time between a second starts and ends is a second so - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:35
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Speaking of the NFL, it's just about time to panic. -- nm - David Jun 30, 11:22 11
- I thought they were all meeting again today and things were looking good? Has something new come out? -- nm - Jim Jun 30, 11:28 10
  - Head of NFLPA told the players a deal isn't even close. - David Jun 30, 11:31 9
    - Hmmmmm, 4 yrs. or 6 yrs? If only there were a middle ground. -- nm - pmb Jun 30, 11:36
    - Just curious...would we already have a deal if Gene Upshaw were still alive? - Jim Jun 30, 11:35 7
      - I don't know, but I'm not fully confident Smith wants to make a deal. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 30, 11:40 2
        
        See? That's where I fall. I seriously do not like Smith. I don't think he's working in the best interest on anyone. - Jim Jun 30, 11:42
        
        I think that you're right -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 11:40
      - I think definitely -- nm - prayformojo Jun 30, 11:40
      - Many people have said yes but I think the owners are always inclined toward maximum greed. -- nm - David Jun 30, 11:38 1
        
        I really think that's true for both sides. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 30, 11:45
      - Nope, the owners would still be content to try to run up the score given how Tagliagbue rolled over in the last CBA. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 30, 11:38
nope, there is no Buzz on my page. on my Profile page (the page i get from the Profile icon) my other icons are just Home Photos Profile Circles. - Andie Jun 30, 11:21 1
- let me revise my earlier opinion: if Google+ is filtering out Canadians, that would be a point in the "pros" column. -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:22
TO find followers, go to the row of picture icons at the very top of your profile page. - loosilu Jun 30, 11:19 14
- That's just another access point to the same profile page as any other profile link. -- nm - Amy Jun 30, 11:20 13
  - ok, I am thinking it must be what mara said. Did you ever start using Buzz when it came out? - loosilu Jun 30, 11:22 11
    - I'm almost positive the term "followers," in Google products, is from Buzz, not originated in G+. I haven't figured out how they're trying to connect - mara Jun 30, 11:25 8
      - You have followers if you use Google Reader. Pretty sure I follow you - TWuG Jun 30, 11:27 5
        
        Google Reader has social networking, too? I use it a lot, and have never seen anything social networking related. -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:38 2
        
        Your settings page will include sharing settings. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:40 1
        
        "Do not know if WANT" -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:42
        
        Oh, right, they use the term there, too. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:30
        
        Actually, I'm not following you right now, though I think I was at one point. - TWuG Jun 30, 11:29
      - agreed. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:26
      - makes sense, i never 'buzzed.' -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 11:25
    - I'm sure that's it. Why would they call it "buzz" if it wasn't their other product. -- nm - Amy Jun 30, 11:24 1
      - Wow...I totally forgot about that. i did sign up for Buzz and used it for about a minute. -- nm - Jim Jun 30, 11:25
  - me too -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 11:21
Oh fun. Looks like I'll be writing a pretty big grant application over the next few months. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 30, 11:19
I picture those kids at lebron's felattio party like the 2 kids in Just Go With It that Sandler hugs, then chucks onto the sofa. - Will Hunting Jun 30, 11:19 1
- I find this sentence syntactically revolting. - nubby Jun 30, 11:22
Maybe I'm used to crowded FB, but Circles seems to sparse. -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 11:17 15
- And this is why I think ultimately the "only post this to a certain circle" is going to end up not working that well. - TFox Jun 30, 11:20 7
  - the google integration has potetial -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:30
  - Alternately, FB might seem too bloated for some and they may enjoy starting over especially if "Circles" are more intuitive/easier to use. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 30, 11:28 3
    - I think it's way easier. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:32
    - (says the guy who can't figure out how GMail labels work.) -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:30 1
      - I figured it out, after banging my face into the monitor and figured out...it's just like a folder and a rule. - Mel Profit Jun 30, 11:46
  - I think they're right on target here. People are/will be overwhelmed with the stream of data and stop using the service - oblique Jun 30, 11:25
  - Then again, there's too much stuff on my FB wall. -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 11:23
- It's a bit too narrow, and too spaced out. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:20
- At least they're not just making it Buzz where all the content was just Facebook/Twitter imports -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 11:19
- no content yet from your friends. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:17 4
  - I think I fixed that -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 11:22 2
    - ah, you weeren't in my circle. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:26 1
      - *moves you to acquaintance* -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 11:27
  - chicken & egg -- nm - psilotum Jun 30, 11:19
Word of nubby's baseball fandom continues to spread -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:16
Diva: Me, my hipster roommate, my brother, the hipsters next door, the couple downstairs, AND the lesbians. - ty97 Jun 30, 11:16 3
- Are the Lesbians from Next Door named Cordelia and Dr. Charlotte - znufrii Jun 30, 11:19
- pmb - family? You put family before me? :) - ty97 Jun 30, 11:16 1
  - the Missouri Monocles must not be neglected -- nm - moles Jun 30, 11:18
What to do with Bud Lite Lime. I suppose it'll make good marinade. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 11:15
woo-hoo! Early release at noon tomorrow! -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 11:15 3
- Yeah for you! I thought we were going to be getting a 4-day weekend...but it looks like the boss changed his mind. -- nm - Stephen Jun 30, 11:17
- We'll see -- nm - Bitch Lady Jun 30, 11:16 1
  - L3. -- nm - Diva Jun 30, 11:30
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- If God was a Redskins fan he wouldn't have struck Dan Snyder down by now. -- nm - Krusty Jun 30, 11:27
- only athest can say. he Almighty, who often takes time out of his hectic schedule -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:21
- God usually just sticks to the small things, like telling crazy people who to stab. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 30, 11:15
Obviously now we need ST+ -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 11:14 38
- AVATARS! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 30, 11:16 2
  - hashtags! -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 11:17 1
    - This is what I'm saying!!! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Jun 30, 11:19
- something i'm unclear on: lets say I like Facebook. why do i need this? -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:15 31
  - Because it's easier to post things to select groups. In Google Plus I can post things to STers that don't get posted to family or to colleagues. I can - mara Jun 30, 11:17 26
    - FB does allow that already in the status box. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:21 10
      - They do? I'm not seeing it... -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:24 9
        
        It's new-ish (within the last 12 months?). When posting, look to the left of the share button - ty97 Jun 30, 11:25 8
        
        goes back further than that. There is an icon there (mabye a lock symbol) that lets you pick which groups will see your status. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:28
        
        My groups are not listed there, but I know I am in a couple of FB groups. -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:27 6
        
        Facebook doesn't include groups in the security drop down (hence their failure here). You go to the group page to post a status just to the group -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 11:27 5
        
        really? they used to. I can't see it from here. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:28 4
        
        Facebook considers the group to be an entity, not a filter and as such only things posted directly to the group show up there -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 11:30 3
        
        except, I have several groupings where I put a default setting that filters my status updates. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:35 2
        
        That would be pretty neat. I never knew you could do this on FB... -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:37 1
        
        I've been using that setting for several years. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:42
    - I wonder if Google is positioning themselves with regards to FB's privacy policies, as well? Like, having better more private settings? -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:19 3
      - remembering the launch of Google Buzz, I'm thinking probably not. -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:20 1
        
        But the limited release of Google+ would seem to indicate that they might have learned from Buzz -- nm - JD Jun 30, 11:24
      - *default* settings -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:19
    - You technically can do that with Facebook Groups but I see how Google has made it easier/simpler -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 11:18 1
      - I'm hopeful this will push FB to get its shit together on the circle concept -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 11:24
    - Yeah, this feature may be exciting for other people but I'm totally unexcited by it. -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:18 8
      - (Like, if I want to post something to STers, I have ST. If something is just for family, it's my family; we talk. Then there's everyone else.) - TFox Jun 30, 11:23 6
        
        I think it's also going to be a good way to have threaded conversations, share links, share photos, etc. with my dude -- a circle of one. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:34
        
        Here's my example...I have a Circle that's just my Scout Pack. So if I have something for just them, the rest of my people don't have to see it. - Jim Jun 30, 11:31 1
        
        Yeah, I still like e-mail for that, I guess. But maybe we're trying to kill e-mail? I dunno. -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:32
        
        Well, it's true -- I don't see it being all that useful among STers, since we have ST. But most people don't have ST and will find this an easy way to - mara Jun 30, 11:27
        
        I created a Facebook group for my neighborhood the other day. I find it useful as I can post news articles just to them about our street being paved - oblique Jun 30, 11:27
        
        Don't be takin' ST for granted, now. If G+ or whatever other platform turns out to be all that and a bag o' chips, off ST will go. - con_carne Jun 30, 11:26
      - Free video chat if you have friends overseas. -- nm - Amy Jun 30, 11:19
  - Because it's the Facebook killah! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 11:16
  - You have a lot of free time you're not spending on monitoring your exact social ranking? -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 11:16
  - xkcd says it all -- (link) - oblique Jun 30, 11:16 1
    - i.e. Google+ was made for Spawn. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 30, 11:17
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  - Well, *we* do. - JaxSean Jun 30, 11:16 1
    - *shakes his fist in the air* -- nm - oblique Jun 30, 11:16

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