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heyitsnoah: Afternoon meeting in the new Percolate office....

Afternoon meeting in the new Percolate office. Awesome.

HOLY MOLY SO BIG. Congrats.

Irksome arguments

“This has stopped terrorism” - if it has, then show us.
“We have to make choices… How are we striking this balance between the need to people to keep people save and privacy” - yes, yes, we do. So why is this all done in secret? And why are we only having it now because SOMEONE LEAKED SOMETHING?
“They may identify potential leads” - then get a freaking warrant just like we’ve had to do for the last 250 years
“Nobody’s listening to the content of your phone calls” - First off, right, yeah, sure, and secondly, that’s like saying “no one is dying” to a rape charge. It’s still offensive.
“With respect to emails this does not apply to US citizens and people living in the United States” - the program exists
“They are legal” - no one is outraged because it’s illegal. They’re outraged because it exists.
“There’s a reason why these programs are classified…because when it comes to, for example, fighting terror, our goal is to stop folks from doing us harm and if every step we’re taking is on the front pages of the paper then presumably the people who are trying to do us harm are going to be able to get around our preventative measures” - yes because terrorists were totally assuming Gmail was completely safe. There are no foreign email services. In which case, hey, they know now, SO STOP IT. I’m sure terrorists were just assuming Gmail was safe before.
“If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust congress and don’t trust federal judges to make sure we’re abiding by rule of law… then we’re going to have some problems” - YES WE DO THAT IS EXACTLY THE POINT.

Also, you know that terrorists can strike us all the time, right now, right? Wacky teenagers get an idea in their head, google a few things, buy some shit at Wal Mart and can BLOW PEOPLE UP. It just happened. If terrorists are after us constantly, why isn’t this happening every day?

CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: Tech company & telecom reactions to PRISM

CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: Tech company & telecom reactions to PRISM:

lilyb:

cnnmoneytech:

Here's the running list of comment the key players have given CNN on PRISM.

Microsoft (also Skype): "We provide customer data only when we receive a legally binding order or subpoena to do so, and never on a voluntary basis. In addition we only ever comply with orders for requests about…

Totally worth reading all the way through. CNN suggests that the information from Google et al is being provided at the Telecom level.

I tweeted this earlier, but my bet on what's happening.

1) The government has required the companies to expose a web service to them that supplies the information that they need and can legally compel the companies to provide.

2) They have agreed that the only requests going through the web service have been clearly approved via the FISA Courts, either by direct warrant or blanket approval of certain types of pre-approved queries, within the law, and within their authority.

3) The providers would have to provide this information anyway, as the laws and FISA clearly allow it. So they automated it.

4) PRISM is an NSA internal code name.

With all of these things being true, Prism could totally exist, there would be no direct connection to the company's servers, and they could claim that every legal request was complied with and reviewed - in the sense that the web service request would require some sort of "FISACourtApproval=YES&Required=YES" variable string that made it clear to the company that the legal needs had been met, and they have to comply. They have no choice.

Were all this the case, a company can totally say "we've never heard of prism, we do not allow the government direct connections to our servers, and we only comply when we have to and we have reviewed the info."

They don't specify the review isn't automated.

And the FISA courts have applied a blanket approval to the situation within certain gidelines. This would allow literally millions of requests a day, and more or less instantaneous ones.So it would still be true that the NSA could watch ideas form almost as you type.

thisistheverge: Arcade designs reveal Gauntlet's secret...

thisistheverge:

Arcade designs reveal Gauntlet's secret life » Polygon

The drawings offer a glimpse of the challenges facing arcade game makers and cabinet designers through this period. Few are as illuminating as the story of Gauntlet, a four-player role-playing, top-down dungeon-crawl, and an early attempt to create a multi-player cooperative game in arcades.

I loved this game so much, and Gauntlet II as well. It's still one of my favorites.

"Hype Machine, an outstanding music discovery and streaming service recently left the Yard for a..."

Hype Machine, an outstanding music discovery and streaming service recently left the Yard for a place called the Secret Clubhouse, and when we discovered this well kept secret, we knew it was our new home. The Secret Clubhouse is filled with music companies like The Hype Machine and Ooh La La Records, as well as freelance tech, video, and media types. Not to mention that they have, on display, every Apple computer from the Commodore 64 to the Macbook Air and every music system from the 8-track to a multi-disc CD changer. Plus we can kick back and have a good time thanks to the pool table and rack of guitars in the basement. Check out some of the photos on their blog.

So we're living in Secret these days… and loving it. We've committed to being here for the foreseeable future thanks to the office, the location, and a super cool CEO who has made some great investments. If you're in the neighborhood, pay us a visit!

"

- Finding a home for your baby in NYC by The Stereotypes Blog

Aww you guys are so nice.
(via secret-clubhouse)

jayparkinsonmd: If you run a company, you have to purchase...

jayparkinsonmd:

If you run a company, you have to purchase health insurance. You should purchase it through my company, Sherpaa. And by doing so, you and your employees get 24/7 access to our NYC-based concierge doctors to treat you or fast-track you in to the best doctors NYC has to offer. By only using the healthcare system when absolutely necessary, your company's claims decrease significantly and you save money every year you use us. It's a rare situation where everyone wins—you save money and time. And we eliminate typical healthcare frustration and deliver a wonderfully accessible experience.

This is just a subtle reminder. And that lovely person up there is Juliet, our Director of Sales. She's quite possibly the sharpest, friendliest, and kindest person I've met in a long time. She'll get you all set up.

"But after the disclosure of an April court order directing a subsidiary of the phone giant Verizon..."

But after the disclosure of an April court order directing a subsidiary of the phone giant Verizon to turn over to the National Security Agency logs of virtually every business phone communication "between the United States and abroad" or "wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls," Mr. Wyden acknowledged that the surveillance effort outlined "is one that I have been concerned about for years."

Still for Senators Wyden and Udall, their "I told you so" moment was as frustrating on Thursday as all of the lonely floor speeches and legislative proposals that have gone nowhere, since they still cannot publicly explain the workings of the program that has set them to worrying.

"

- Senators Wyden and Udall Warned About Surveillance - NYTimes.com

You will notice that Senator Wyden did not say that the surveillance "is the one I have been concerned about for years." He just said it is ONE of them.

This is someone routinely briefed on the government's security apparatus, but barred from talking about it.

I'm not a conspiracy freak but I am a betting man. And I'll bet there's much more going on than just phone metadata and PRISM.

"They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type."

""They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type.""

-
a career U.S. intelligence officer on the U.S. government, in a Washington Post exclusive on how the NSA and FBI is tapping into the central servers of Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple. (via nedhepburn)

90% of America thinks: "What's PalTalk?"

thisistheverge: 'SimCity' for Mac delayed until...

thisistheverge:

'SimCity' for Mac delayed until August

That's some BS, right there. My vacation was scheduled around this launch.

mapsontheweb: The Diomede Archipelago: A conceptual design of...

mapsontheweb:

The Diomede Archipelago: A conceptual design of artificial islands for a bridge from Russia to Alaska.

Oh hey my dad grew up over on the right of this map.

Kumari.

"If Ian Curtis had recorded Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and then lived to create three decades'..."

"If Ian Curtis had recorded Unknown Pleasures and Closer, and then lived to create three decades' worth of half-assed Joy Division songs that made Unknown Pleasures and Closer seem like flukes, he'd be Rivers Cuomo."

- After 30 years, should we consider Phish a great band? - Grantland (via gregcohn)

Ouch.

Of course this begs to question, do the Blue Album and Pinkerton rock less simply because everything Weezer has released since then sucks? Maybe? When was the last time you thought "Man I want to listen to that awesome Bad Religion song!" probably not since '92. But what if No Control was the last record they ever put out? It might be a lot more often. What if Red Hot Chili Peppers broke up after The Uplift Mofo Party Plan? Would you want to die right there on the spot anytime a DJ says he's playing one of their songs next?

But who's to say Joy Division would have started release half assed songs? When The Mars Volta and Sparta rose from the ashes of At The Drive In it was pretty damn obvious where the talent was and wasn't. But New Order's catalog (especially the first 10 years or so) suggests that the all songwriting genius didn't die with Ian. We lost his lyrics of course, but he was a pretty morbid fucked up guy to begin with and I think it's a stretch to suggest if he'd lived he would have cheered up somehow. I mean, Rivers Cuomo is a weird guy too, but come on now, does anyone think there's a world where Ian Curtis could have written the equivalent to 'Heart Songs' or 'We Are All On Drugs' or 'Cold Dark World' or named an album something like Raditude?

FFS.
(via seanbonner)
See also: the peak-end rule:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak–end_rule
Aka "go out with a bang not a whimper" rule.
(via bustr)

thisistheverge: 'The Internship' review: welcome to Google's...

thisistheverge:

'The Internship' review: welcome to Google's island

Not since The Wizard has a movie been so in the bag for a corporation. It's incredibly difficult to watch The Internship as simply a movie and not as a two-hour long recruitment ad designed to congeal the vaguely warm feelings most people harbor for the company into a wet pap of "Googly" propaganda. You can watch The Internship as the classic buddy comedy it tries to be — but you shouldn't.

Between this movie and the new Eric Smidt book, I think basically Google has turned over all of its marketing to the freshmen "introduction to marketing" class at the local community college.

marksbirch: newspeedwayboogie: After 46 Years of Business,...

marksbirch:

newspeedwayboogie:

After 46 Years of Business, Bleecker Bob's Finally Closed This Weekend

RIP old New York, Loves Goes to Buildings On Fire era

Such an icon of New York. I didn't really miss the passing of Tower Records despite the hours and days I spent there, but Bleecker Bob's was an institution.

I used to take the bus down from Boston in the early 1990's to hit Bleecker Bob's (and, for a while, Generation records). They were, at the time, the best record stores in America. That mantle fell to Ameba some time ago, but.. God. Bleecker Bob's.

laughingsquid: Atari's Legendary New Mexico Dump to be...

laughingsquid:

Atari's Legendary New Mexico Dump to be Excavated by Film Company to Make a Documentary

This is so exciting.

"This book is a balefully seminal work in which neither author has the language to see, much less to..."

"This book is a balefully seminal work in which neither author has the language to see, much less to express, the titanic centralizing evil they are constructing. "What Lockheed Martin was to the 20th century," they tell us, "technology and cybersecurity companies will be to the 21st." Without even understanding how, they have updated and seamlessly implemented George Orwell's prophecy."

- The Banality of 'Don't Be Evil' - NYTimes.com (via rafer)
This was almost perfect.

at Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge

Pinterest Accidentally Built A Better Search Engine Than Google

Pinterest Accidentally Built A Better Search Engine Than Google:

brycedotvc:

Several years ago, and shortly after she joined the service, my wife looked up from her screen with a virtual light bulb above her head and said: Pinterest is my Google.

Now, I wouldn't call Pinterest a general purpose search engine yet, but if we need a recipe or an image or ideas for a project around the house or new product recommendations, our family generally turns to Pinterest. And the results are far superior to Google.

In reality, I'm finding my own usage of Google as a search engine is pretty much for finding things on Wikipedia and Youtube (or on my own site- c'mon Tumblr!).

And I'm finding that across most of the things I search for these days. If I want a new restaurant, I search Foursquare. If I want new music, I head over to Hype Machine or see what my friends are listening to on Rdio. If I want up to date news, I search Twitter. And the list goes on.

Perhaps we've seen the end of general purpose search. Or, perhaps we're just seeing more evidence that the best way to compete with incumbents is by not competing with them at all- until you do.

The logged out Tumblr search is one of the best searches on the web.