Jim Terr

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• Commented on Author John Scalzi "On The Asking of Favors From Established Writers"
  Fair enough. Some writers & other celebrities choose to be generous, however. I've had the good fortune to encounter a few....
• Commented on Conservative California legislator gives pornographic account of his multiple affairs (including a lobbyist) into open mic
  "OPEN MIKE" - excellent, Cory! I never would have thought of that....
• Commented on Al Franken talks an anti-healthcare-reform mob down
  Al did a good job, even without mentioning some of the better "selling points": Other countries manage to get better outcomes (longevity, child mortality, etc.) with a fraction of health care expenditures per person per year than US. So they...
• Commented on EFF criticizes Burning Man for limiting attendees' fair use rights
  I haven't been to Burning Man and am not likely to, but this problem would be solved if there were no photography. Is there any event in life any more that isn't "documented" by cameras? That would be nice. Maybe...
• Commented on Artist takes $190,000 out of bank because they won't give him a mortgage
  "I see this as yet another yawn-inducing "tough times" human interest story." (post #1) Dorothy - Lighten up. This isn't a hard luck economy story, and not even an artist story. It's just "theater", a great pissed-off response to a...
• Commented on Intergalactic Playground: engrossing, insightful history of sf aimed at kids
  When I was 12 (which would be about 1960)I had Hebrew unsuccessfully inflicted on me from a primer called "ROCKET TO MARS", someone's clever idea of making Hebrew interesting by putting it in the context of a trip to Mars....
• Commented on Drew Friedman fine art print of The Three Stooges
  stunning?...
• Commented on Injections of soil bacteria make mice happy
  "digging in the dirt will make you happy because you are tapping into that well of anciet human experience. It was on this planet that we evolved, after all, figures we'd be *perfectly* adapted to working with it." Same could...
• Commented on Essential maker skills
  " Know which glue to use, when- Elmer's white, spray mount, Uhu glue sticks, JB Weld, cyanoacrylate, and two-part epoxy all have their uses." All true, but GORILLA GLUE should be on any short list. Very useful stuff - have...
• Commented on In the eye of the beholder
  I remember seeing one of these finger removals in a MONDO CANE film in the 60s. The image has always stuck with me, of course. At least this gives me a little rationale to understand it better....
• Commented on Spheres of Influence: A Collection of Spherical Sites
  If the "blown up to size of the earth" info is correct, this would make it not only the roundest, but perhaps more remarkably, the SMOOTHEST....
• Commented on Meet the former Time Warner exec the US govt has put in charge of writing a secret, restrictive copyright treaty
  This seems to be the M.O. of the "new way of thinking" Obama administration. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate on Thursday approved the Obama administration's nomination of Julius Genachowski, a telecommunications industry executive, to head the Federal Communications Commission....
• Commented on Clear, aka the "TSA fast pass," shuts down
  Good! This was the biggest piece-of-shit, elitist idea to come unapolgetically down the pike in ages. I always wondered how many of my favorite high-flying liberal talk show hosts were part of this program (with complimentary promo passes, of course)....
• Commented on Flowcharting the gay marriage debate
  Enjoy this "Adam and Steve" video I did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU8BHoJx8T0...
• Commented on Hit by a Rock from Outer Space?
  This was left off my comment above: Chances of being struck by a meteorite are around one in 100 million. I was commenting on this statement of probability...
• Commented on Hit by a Rock from Outer Space?
  > This would mean that hundreds or thousands of us have been hit by meteorites. Another questionable thing about this story is that he heard and saw a flash before being hit. I doubt it, at that speed. Still, if...
• Commented on Ben Franklin's DEATH RAY
  Personally don't like the style of this radio capsule that much - a little too cool and "kickass" for me. But I am indeed a Franklin fan, and am not waiting for Jerry Bruckheimer. See www.BenFranklinMovie.com...
• Commented on Joe Biden promises a blank check to the entertainment cartel
  Why could you not vote in the last election?...
• Commented on Baby delivers emotional sermon from church stage
  This has been around for a while. The frightening thing is that it was / is presented as a baby possessed by the spirit of God, rather than what it is, a baby imitating the evangelist style and the audience,...
• Commented on Michael Jackson face appears in Muhammed Ali video: hoax or pareidolia?
  Not real and not pareidolia (love to see someone use that word!), but just a cute fake. This is one of the great docs of all time, in case you can't tell from this excerpt. And I'm not even a...
• Commented on Hyperbolic Bronnerianism in Graphic Design
  "Hyperbolic Bronnerism" - what a great term! I was thinking just last night of a design that could only be described as "Bronnerism", since I'm prone to that anyhow. In fact (you-all might find this amusing) I once put together...
• Commented on Women's sense of smell evolved to sniff out bad mates
  This reminds me of a theory I heard once (not sure how widespread it is - maybe very) that the basis for body smell being sexually attractive or not, is that it's an indicator of whether the other's IMMUNE SYSTEM...