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• Commented on Sony, B&N promise to rekindle rights for book owners
  I have no problem with DRM if it provides the same limit a book already does...I can't loan my book and read it too! If they merely did the same thing that a paperback did - can only be in...
• Commented on Tales from a kangaroo shooter
  I find the 'shucks, y'all city ah liberals' bit a just so much crap. Without the city liberals (and I still don't know what it really means - people without rednecks???) y'all would be sitting there with nothing, y'all. The...
• Commented on Awesome gamer-geek lesbian wedding
  As a married man (to a woman, of course. I mean who the hell else can get married in Australia!! :)) with three children (*1), I have to say: "what a lovely looking wedding'.I'd have loved to have been there....
• Commented on Terrified London cops spending millions gathering useless intelligence on peaceful protestors
  In support of StanleyK, surveilled is commonly used within sociology, particulary that in relation to forms of social governance and used particulary by (but not limited to) French theorists. http://www.google.com.au/search?q=sociology+surveilled&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a as an example. The inference from the word (though again...
• Commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
  Jesus, they're at it again - the idiots who think the US health care system is worth the money paid and the heartache involved. The US health care system is a laughing stock - both within and outside of the...
• Commented on 86-year-old WWII vet on gay marriage: "What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?"
  "What do you think I fought for in Omaha beach?" Brilliant. I always wondered what people thought fighting for freedom was about...freedom from tyranny, freedom from excessive intrusion in one's life and freedom of choice when it doesn't hurt others....
• Commented on Yahoo hires lap-dancers to entertain at its open, inclusive Hack Day event
  At funkensteinberg | October 21, 2009 3:43 AM Full length: @Bade, thanks for making the point - We in the West (UK/US, specifically) may well find the actions of Yahoo offensive*. >That others have a different way of life should...
• Commented on Google Wave (Huh! Good God, Y'all!) What is it good for? Absolutely something! (say it again)
  Yes and No. :) I have an account and agree that without a large (or even a small) number of others to use it with, the utility is very limited. I can see that it would be useful for projects,...
• Commented on LIFE photo gallery of old cars
  I'm amazed someone hasn't mentioned this already, so I will: Him: Hey dollface, great wheels you've got there. Her: Get your f***ing foot of my f***ing car before I drive over you! What a fascinating photo. She's got her hand...
• Commented on Baby chicks ground up alive: animal rights video goes viral
  @155 and other who talk about eating meat being somehow 'natural'. This is a completely and utterly bogus argument. There are a great many things humans can do...this is not necessarily one we should continue. This notion of 'natural' is...
• Commented on Baby chicks ground up alive: animal rights video goes viral
  Oh for God's sake some of this is so inane. There is no good reason to eat animals. There, fixed it. Pathetic examples of 'workers' being out of a job, no work...well bring back coal-powered steam engines and the wheel-tappers...
• Commented on Aphrodites of the Operating Theater: La Specola Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence
  @#7 posted by noen, August 15, 2009 11:13 AM "Why have we not developed an aesthetic of the inside of the body?" Desire needs something to attach itself to and a dead body doesn't offer much in the way of...
• Commented on Report: Two journalists imprisoned in North Korea to be released
  I find the comments about this being 'sorted before he left' interesting. I find the comment about no politician doing anything without knowing the outcome (or words to that effect) equally fascinating. I can see how 800+ years of conflict...
• Commented on Bill Maher: Birthers must be stopped
  My favourite is when one loon doesn't like being lumped in with the other loons. "#31 posted by Mojave, July 31, 2009 1:15 PM Just so you all know, a lot of us "truthers" hate being lumped in with the...
• Commented on Apple's new Final Cut Studio is out (short version: I am impressed).
  @19 and @21 Go to the Ubuntuforums.org site and pm me (4ebees). I'd be more than happy to help you look at video editing on Linux. You can also check my (slowly developing) site at: www.youcantdothatinlinux.com...
• Commented on Bosch Cordless Hammer Drill: light, snappy and blows through brick like butter
  Thanks God the forum is not over-run with namby pambies :)) A bit of good old 'bit' discussion. Love it. I agree that tools are cool...I have a few myself A while back I needed a kanga (medium scale hammer...
• Commented on Rap Rap Chess (found art / DIY personals)
  Okay, I'll admit it. What is this Rap Rap bit about?? I am completely clueless about this...other than the fact that it's quite odd and funny (peculiar)....
• Commented on Britain will subject everyone who works with kids to multiple, repeated police-checks
  Well, I guess my position on this is simple. Being accused of being a paedophile would be dreadful. It's something which is difficult to shake should it become public knowledge. That said, I have spent 20+ years working in child...
• Commented on High-ranking insurance PR flack defects, explains dirty tricks used to fight universal healthcare
  Here we go again. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1179802 The US citizens pay more for less. Universal health care costs less. It's not really rocket science....
• Commented on Abusive "coal-thugs" try to break up anti-mountaintop-removal festival
  It is an interesting situation. The company can claim their not involved but benefit from any intimidation created. That no-one was willing/interested in putting up physical resistance (that I could see) was a brave thing to do and worked well...
• Commented on First music video shot on iPhone 3GS? Reyna Perez, "Love Love Love."
  Today I'm starting a new campaign. From today onwards, the iPhone shall be called the iParis (TM - unless of course I decide on CC :))) in honour of Paris Hilton. The iParis. Has lots of iCandy (TM - unless...
• Commented on Myths about Canadian healthcare
  I wasn't going to say anything as those who are intelligent to understand the arguments appear to have made them already. Then I decided some moral support is always useful. There is not such thing as a 'real capitalist economy'....
• Commented on Annie Pootoogook’s Drawings of contemporary Inuit life
  (Just finished my comment and so it deserves a header - long rambling and possibly with a point :)) Guess I'll have to have a look at more of her work. The one's I've quickly looked at do nothing for...
• Commented on Fees waived for US marrow donation signups
  Okay, okay, okay, you've twisted my arm. I'll say the same thing. Why the hell do you have to PAY to provide a public service. The issue of the cost is irrelevant. This smacks of sheer stupidity. Getting people to...
• Commented on Japan: Man Beaten Into False Confession of Child Murder Set Free After 17 Years in Prison
  "...they routinely violate basic human rights in the most atrocious ways and at the same time it can be argued the product is a safe, civil society." I think what you mean, Takuan, is that they move the crime and...
• Commented on Jared Diamond lecture on the evolution of religion
  Hi Anonymous, Thanks for the link to stinkyjournalism. I'm a big fan of Jared Diamond's work and so am very disappointed by what appears to be a clear case of poor work. Everyone makes mistakes (though this is rather major)....
• Commented on Exploring Your Own Backyard
  I'm curious about the scope. When you link it to your computer does the memory card show up as a mass storage device or is there some more complicated mechanism to retrieve the images?...
• Commented on Roald Dahl on vaccinating your kids
  I always find this stuff amazing. I've come across people who have made arguments against vaccinations and they frankly lack any capacity to adequately assess the evidence. My wife has a Masters Degree in public health (one of four degrees...
• Commented on What the world needs now is more shiv cosies
  I've used a knife (or very sharp bladed instrument/tool) frequently. I don't find a need to carry it around ON me in general - weirdly, whenever I need to be 'up a ladder' I also know I 'need a ladder'...
• Commented on Canadian cinema fined $10,000 for privacy invasion over bag-search
  I find this whole discussion weird. I've not been searched at any cinema (don't know if they can in Australia) and certainly have taken food in. If a cinema won't let me take in my own chocolate or water etc...