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Re: http://undercovernun.net/post/811195870

maplestar — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:20:34 -0000

I can imagine a wonderful lolcat with the cat chewing on some newspapers or something with the caption: "Your words were found, and I ate them."

Re: To Truncate or Not to Truncate: An RSS Experiment

maplestar — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:03:28 -0000

I'm not unsubscribing. Yet.

But I am far less likely to click through to read your content, because the excerpts are not formatted in a manner I can quickly scan. And there isn't enough content for me to determine if the content you provide is interesting to me.

But I'll hang on...at least for the next 30 days...in hopes that you'll reconsider your decision. (I much prefer the option I've seen at 43folders.com where there is a box at the bottom of each post in the RSS feed explaining the source of the content and the copyright, so that, when content is automatically stolen, it is clear to the reader both that the content is stolen and the legitimate source of the content they may have enjoyed.)

Re: Build 77 – Taste the Rainbow!

maplestar — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:40:23 -0000

But it should have been added defaulting to off. Enabling "spammy" status text and requiring users to opt out if they don't want it going out under their usernames is bad practice.

Notification was the BARE minimum. It's what may have kept this to only grumbling instead of uninstalling.

*I* should not have to read pop-up notifications to keep the program running on my computer doing the same thing as it has. To me, this sounds like another mis-step from Digsby. Individually, each is minor; together, they seem like a pattern of not properly respecting users. You guys are lucky that I haven't found an IM program I like as much as Digsby yet, because I'm getting tired of the disrespect.

Re: Today’s NY Times includes barrage of corrections

maplestar — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:21:41 -0000

That correction is a doozy, but I like the correction of last week's correction about Sen. Kennedy:

"An article on Dec. 27 about the death of Edward M. Kennedy in August referred incorrectly to the assassination of his brother President John F. Kennedy, and a correction in this space last Sunday erroneously corrected the length of his tenure in the Senate. The president was assassinated in 1963, the year after Edward Kennedy was elected to the Senate — not the same year. And as the article correctly reported, Senator Kennedy served 46 years — not 47 as the correction said. (The correction also erred in stating that the length of tenure was incorrect in Mr. Kennedy’s obituary, in two other articles on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 and in an editorial on Aug. 28. All four correctly reported the tenure as 46 years.)"

Re: Liberal Party upset over signs?

maplestar — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:02:47 -0000

If we have fancy signs intended to tell us what the money is being spent on, though, then those steps shouldn't be necessary. If the signs don't give the information, then aren't they just partisan promotional spending every bit as "evil" as the sponsorship program?

Re: Liberal Party upset over signs?

maplestar — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:23:15 -0000

I thought the Conservatives were the party of transparency and openness after the Liberals' sponsorship program? If they're going to the expense of putting up signs telling why the money was spent, shouldn't Canadians be able to assume that the signs give a valid reason for signs? We shouldn't have to resort to digging for press releases and documentation? If those steps are necessary, then the stimulus signs are a waste of money.

Re: More $1 Burritos

maplestar — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:48:48 -0000

Please, PLEASE, bring $1 burritos to Virginia Beach to console us for our departing summer! Come quickly!

Re: Re: The Daily Show, Post-Bush

maplestar — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:11:10 -0000

You know, I'd done some wondering myself, but I think you've nailed this one. The media is the real target, and the humor will keep flowing. What may lag (at least in the short-term) is viewer interest, at least until they realize that The Daily Show is still funny.