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• Commented on G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon
  @Heartfruit, no, the idea is that they warn you they're going to do some damage. If you're a law-abiding citizen, you'll disperse in 60 seconds. Anyone else left is fair game....
• Commented on Make your own $1 million vomit-inducing flashlight for $250
  Does anyone have a mirror for the video? Mine is taking ages to load....
• Commented on Make your own $1 million vomit-inducing flashlight for $250
  Ok, does anyone else feel the uncanny resemblance to a bad science-fiction novel? "Sea-sickness machine?" If our leaders are interested in tapping into these kinds of reactions, we're screwed. There is no turning back from here....
• Commented on 1971 French translation of Chester Himes novel shows woman with smart phone
  Newsflash: people have been making small, compact, rectangular things for various uses since the industrial revolution....
• Commented on Downward Facing Dollar
  You can almost hear the glee in Zoellick's words....
• Commented on HOWTO reproduce a key from a distant, angled photo
  A lock keeps an honest man honest....
• Commented on βoyfriend: sweetly romantic singularity sf story podcast
  Ah, krap. Beaten by the many German speakers here....
• Commented on βoyfriend: sweetly romantic singularity sf story podcast
  Ssoyfriend?...
• Commented on Girls Gone Wild scumbag pretends to have brain damage in court
  This American Life explains why pretending to be mentally ill as a defence is a terrible idea. (See Act 1)...
• Commented on Notes on an attention economy
  #3, our most important resource is time; yet we spend it very foolishly....
• Commented on REAL ID reincarnated with a new name: "PASS ID"
  Yes, but without a national ID, how will we ever stop the terrorists? They invariably fill in "terrorism" under their occupation. That's how we get them....
• Commented on Everything you need to know about dubstep
  Who puts out a podcast you can't subscribe to? Am I missing something?...
• Commented on Barney Frank pwns crazy lady at "town hall" meeting, effectively invoking Godwin's law.
  Er, make that "owned a TV." Time for bed....
• Commented on Barney Frank pwns crazy lady at "town hall" meeting, effectively invoking Godwin's law.
  #12, this is why I haven't owned a 24 since the '04 elections. I don't miss this kind of crap one bit....
• Commented on Zombie apocalpyse: the math geek edition
  It's been done before, and with graphics to boot: http://zombies.insertdisc.com/mattcordes/...
• Commented on Bob Dylan mistaken for hobo, 40 years after Woodstock
  That'll teach him for not dying young....
• Commented on @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
  From the rainbow video: "20 years ago we never noticed these rainbow effects so predominantly." I remember the water rainbow blowing my mind when I was 6 - and that was more than 20 years ago. Instead of making a...
• Commented on Brown fat makes you thin
  We are a nation of cheaters....
• Commented on Trompe-l'œil video projection on building facade
  On second viewing it looks like no one in the video is watching the awesome effect. It seems like they're all just chatting to each other or just walking by. Is this a fake?...
• Commented on Trompe-l'œil video projection on building facade
  The future of advertising is here. Can't you imagine watching a building shudder and then a sign for Coke pop up?...
• Commented on Land mine "donated" to Good Will
  More like Ill Will...
• Commented on Amazon zaps purchased copies of Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm from Kindles
  @zuvembi, like a paperback?...
• Commented on Talking to bureaucracies considered as a corporate fitness factor
  @Teresa Nielsen Hayden, and I shan't....
• Commented on Talking to bureaucracies considered as a corporate fitness factor
  Rather scanty link there short on facts and sources......
• Commented on Pez Candy Inc sues Museum of Pez Memorabilia for copyright infringement
  @hallpass, Ok, so they charge the museum $1 for the name PEZ to be used. Trademark is upheld and they still retain control. Not too hard......
• Commented on Chris Anderson on managing tech for abundance
  @11, link?...
• Commented on Desperate-to-leave LinkedIn users rename accounts "delete delete delete"
  Everything new and unique becomes cool. Everything cool becomes lame. Something new and unique pops up. Look at the death of MySpace, for example; the same will happen to Facebook eventually. The book "Nation of Rebels" by Potter and Heath...
• Commented on NAACP comic from early 1960s
  Oh, whitey. Is there no one you can't oppress?...
• Commented on 13 year old kid reviews a 30 year old Sony Walkman
  So, uh, if the kid thought there was only one side to play, how did he determine which was the right way up?...
• Commented on Nokia and Siemens provided surveillance tools used to bust Iranian activists
  Isn't there a US law that forbids US companies* from doing business with Iran since the US have official sanctions against them? Shouldn't the US just tell Siemens & Nokia they can't do business within its borders if they want...