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Yahoo Invokes Godwin’s Law, Loses Argument

Wikipedia: Godwin’s Law

> Godwin’s law (also Godwin’s rule of Nazi analogies) is an adage in Internet culture that was originated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states that:

> *As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.*

> Although the law does not specifically mention it, there is a tradition in many Usenet newsgroups that once such a comparison is made, the thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin’s law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups.

“[Mail Guy’s plaque](http://www.flickr.com/photos/kentbrew/60225256/)”, posted to Flickr by kentbrew:

I think this might be the first time a corporate war has semi-invoked Godwin. Let us never forget.

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New Flickr Group: Gaming Life

Detex Watchclock Station

Twenty years of gaming does things to you. Scary things – like forcing your attention to notice keys dangling off of buildings. It’s disturbing to have that gut feeling, the one where you just know you’re going to find your progress blocked and you’ll need that key to get to the next section of…whatever.

Yes, it’s true, I see a lot of the gaming world reflected in the real world. Enough to create a sort of open ended Flickr group entitled Gaming Life. I encourage those of you who see the world in the same way to join.

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One Step Away From Perfect Convergence

You know that feeling – when you’re so close to finishing off a hack you can taste it, but you’re one small step away? I’m there right now.

As could be expected from my post on Wednesday, I’m still monkeying around with the PSP 2.0 firmware – which apparently Sony has [advised people not to install on their US PSPs](http://psp.ign.com/articles/637/637582p1.html) until they officially release it.

Over the last year and a half – the length of time I’ve owned a Sidekick – I’ve found a lot of useful mobile sites. [Bloglines Mobile](http://www.bloglines.com/mobile) has been a boon for feed reading, and as of late, [Flickr Mobile](http://www.flickr.com/mob) has provided mobile photo viewing. And sure enough, both load plenty quick on the PSP. I was digging through my friends’ photos – always a fun activity – when I noticed a little button I had never pushed before. One I had wanted to push on my Sidekick, but it just didn’t work. Like Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, I had wanted to push this button for so long but I never had reason to.

The button is labeled “UPLOAD”.

I click through, and there’s a little button to pick a file. I click it, incredulously. Sure enough, up pops a pane to let me pick a file – either out of `/PSP/COMMON` or `/PSP/PHOTOS/`. Having only my wallpaper in the Photos folder, I select it. I click Submit. A few seconds later, [it’s on my Flickr account](http://www.flickr.com/photos/remydwd/29582525/).

Immediately, my brain races – my camera also uses Memory Stick Pro Duo media. The PSP will show you photos off of it, natively – it knows where to look on the stick. Could it be possible that I could upload to Flickr from my PSP directly off my camera’s memory card?
Sadly, the answer – at least for right now – is no. Those two folders available for upload are the only two, even if you have a memory stick with a properly formatted Sony camera directory. There is no easy way, just using the PSP, to copy your photos into the `/PSP/PICTURES` folder.

For now, my dreams are dashed, but I will keep my fingers crossed that maybe someone from Sony will see this and add a feature in 2.0.1 to allow us to pick files from the root of the Memory Stick, rather than restricting us to just a few folders.