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Firefox 3 mentioned on the Colbert Report

arstechnica.com — The official release of Firefox 3 has received widespread attention from the press and has gained a few unexpected allies, including television show host Stephen Colbert. In an episode of the Colbert Report that was aired on the same day as the Firefox 3 release, Colbert interviewed open Internet advocate Jonathan Zittrain, who encouraged Colbert t

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  • ElBeh, on 06/19/2008, -1/+128Yeah, but does it protect from Grizzly Bears?
  • Vigacmoe, on 06/20/2008, -0/+87Damn it, can you finish the article descri
  • Drgn547, on 06/20/2008, -1/+84Dugg for Colbert's on-the-fly dungeons and dragons reference:
    Zittrain: "You make that sound like dungeons & dragons.." Colbert: "Well the rest of the world can just make a saving throw."
  • GoGoPoCoSo, on 06/20/2008, -1/+68ALT+SHIFT+HAMMER
  • HuskyPuzzle, on 06/19/2008, -3/+69Haha, I like the bit about Bill O'Reilly mistaking the Peabody Award for a KFC coaster. Colbert is pretty much the coolest guy on TV.
  • MattBlackCat, on 06/19/2008, -5/+52Colbert always on the 'cutting' edge
  • ptFoe, on 06/20/2008, -8/+54Bill O'Reilly - " ***** it, this ***** sux. Let's do it with IE"
  • DeskFlyer, on 06/19/2008, -2/+47I think you're doing it wrong.
  • 1310nm, on 06/20/2008, -5/+40Colbert and others (G4 channel), I believe, use Digg for material. Seriously.
  • rebotfc, on 06/20/2008, -2/+27Because Comedy Centrals news coverage is better than CNNs.
  • zzt711, on 06/20/2008, -4/+26OMG, at the end the dude mentioned Dungeon's and Dragons and Colbert picked up on it and replied with Saving Throw. Major Geek Check!!! Cool....
  • brycehebert, on 05/03/2009, -1/+20When I watched this episode last night the first thing that went through my mind is, "someone is gonna submit that to Digg and it'll probably make the homepage."
  • BananaGrabber, on 06/20/2008, -2/+20The small pause after he mentioned Dungeons and Dragons was the most awkward moment ever. I also loved how he stood up to leave and sat back down.
  • elbekko, on 06/20/2008, -0/+18I must wonder what on earth is wrong with your computer, because that is nothing even remotely related to Firefox.
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 06/20/2008, -0/+18You've probably got adware installed on your computer.
  • noahgelman, on 06/20/2008, -5/+20Saw the episode while watching the Firefox 3 counter on my computer. After the guy he was interviewing mentioned it, Colbert just said he gave it the Colbert Bump and then I looked at the counter which was already at like 4 million and I just laughed
  • jman583, on 06/20/2008, -5/+19Video:
    http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-ep ...
  • sevenslashfour, on 06/20/2008, -1/+15Clearly this is relevant. Because only Digg had any information on FF3's release.

    G4, though, I'll give you that. I do see a few things reported on AotS that I've seen on Digg. But, well, they talk about Digg occasionally too (about new features and such), so it's not really a surprise.
  • iruel, on 06/20/2008, -2/+16http://watch.ctv.ca/the-colbert-report/episodes/th ...
    here is a url that works in Canada!
  • RAGEdemon, on 06/20/2008, -3/+163 Foxes on Fire would sodomise the grizzly with his own claw.
  • springo, on 06/20/2008, -1/+13You must have clicked on the wrong icon... you know, the one which displays an "e" with a halo.
  • XombieRobot, on 06/20/2008, -4/+15ption you stupid idiot. Stop wasting so much tim
  • inactive, on 06/20/2008, -1/+11But what about the Robot bears?
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 06/20/2008, -0/+9I'm going back to Firebird!
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 06/20/2008, -2/+11 
  • ostracize, on 06/20/2008, -0/+8Bill O'Reilly is 100% comedy and 0% anything else
  • SimonGray, on 06/20/2008, -1/+9Hm... the creators of Kazaa and Skype were not a Swede and an Estonian, they were a Swede and a Dane. I should know, it's in the news here every time they do something new.
  • brutimus, on 06/20/2008, -4/+12CNN had an entire short segment on the Firefox 3 launch. Yet one *tiny* mention of it on this show makes news.
  • edkid2001, on 06/20/2008, -1/+8Firefox has always been cool....! Noob.
  • filefly, on 06/20/2008, -1/+8Even Candlejack uses full descriptions when submitting Digg arti
  • flashingcurser, on 06/20/2008, -1/+8As if it wasn't high enough, his geek-cred just went stratospheric.
  • RAGEdemon, on 06/20/2008, -1/+8Robot bears come pre-installed with internet explorer. The bloated bots would be sodomised by mallware before the superfast foxes could even get to them.
  • tumatakuru, on 06/20/2008, -3/+9Because of the wood chopping section in the Sport Report ...
    Kiwi Lumberjacks FTW!
  • sevenslashfour, on 06/20/2008, -2/+8I know, right? God forbid people have different tastes in comedy. What complete and utter scum.

    :|
  • Erik1, on 06/20/2008, -0/+6I think you're only allowed to say "Kidding aside" when you say something that is funny.
  • sickanimations, on 06/20/2008, -1/+7There's this Radio presenter here in Victoria, Australia that I'm sure is using Digg. He never checks dates though. When a the year-old article about the "$12M blunder" of the apprentice plumber hit the front page, the presenter announced it happened yesterday.
  • Unr3a1, on 06/20/2008, -3/+8Higher quality full episode:
    http://www.hulu.com/watch/23230/the-colbert-report ...
  • MacSuxWindozSux, on 06/20/2008, -1/+6It's varying degrees of Comedy + Politics.

    Stewart is about 60% comedy and 40% politics.
    Colbert is about 80% comedy and 20% politics.
    Bill Maher is 20% comedy and 80% politics.

    Comparing comedians with political shows.
  • fuzzymuzzy, on 06/20/2008, -0/+5FACT: Dwight K Shrute recommends Firefox as a precautionary measure against brown bear attacks
  • kevinwiz, on 06/20/2008, -0/+5I don't get it, but I do appreciate Stephen's unparalleled on-the-fly jokes.
  • Textzilla, on 06/20/2008, -1/+5Better than worshiping talentless blonds if you ask me. At least Colbert is funny.
  • sickanimations, on 06/20/2008, -1/+5It's called the "Awesome Bar". Get used to it, I guarantee all browsers will adopt it :)
  • secrity, on 06/20/2008, -0/+4It must hate you, I haven't heard of people having problems with it. Unistall Firefox completely, save your bookmarks, configurations, and ***** someplace safe, and reinstall FF3. Only after you are sure that a stone cold brand new FF3 installation works, you can install plugins and add your bookmarks and ***** back a bit at a time.
  • BrainsVolpe, on 06/20/2008, -0/+4Colbert used to be a huge D&D player, from things I've read. That brought a smile to his face.
  • metaliq, on 06/20/2008, -0/+3Worst. Advice. Ever.
  • dengzhi, on 06/20/2008, -1/+4google to take over WoW?
  • jman583, on 06/20/2008, -1/+4That meme is as dead as your social life.
  • DeskFlyer, on 06/20/2008, -1/+4Hey go ***** yourself.
  • Fauxriginal, on 06/20/2008, -2/+5So, you'd rather digg up an article covering CNN's coverage of Firefox 3?

    I think the reason this is being dugg, and is interesting, is that The Colbert Report is clearly a comedy show. It's news based, but comedy nonetheless. I'd expect CNN to cover something like this, but The Colbert Report is a surprise.
  • rivalius13, on 06/20/2008, -1/+4Congratulations! You have a virus!
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