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• Commented on Happy Saganseve, Everybody
  ...I met Carl Sagan in 1982. While we disagreed on manned spaceflight vs. unmanned probes - most space enthusiasts were more agreeable that both had a place, while Carl was more in favor of scrapping all manned flights just on...
• Commented on Awesome gamer-geek lesbian wedding
  "They are really nice, the wedding photo's are almost so sweet you get diabetes." ...That's why my blood sugar's through the roof this evening. I thought it was that bite-sized Almond Joy I had for dessert. Thanks a lot, Cory....
• Commented on XKCD's eye-watering Geocities tribute
  ...As someone who had an FAQ site trashed by Geoshitties in 1997 due to a credit card foulup on *their* end - very long story I'll one day go over on OMBlog - I personally will not shed one iota...
• Commented on Ultraminiature model train
  ...And here I thought T-gauge was taking miniaturization a bit too far. Anyone up for a nanoscale version?...
• Commented on German arm wrestler Matthias Schlitte has a gigantic right arm
  ...I think it's safe to say he'll knock the Schlitte out of you....
• Commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
  "Yes, let us all focus on the woman that's "hot" and not the very serious political matters at hand. After all, women just exist to cater to the male gaze 24/7, right?" ...Sorry kids, but it was my *leg* that...
• Commented on LEDs: Throwing Some Light on the Hype
  ...Damn fine writeup there, sir. Consider it bookmarked and forwarded!...
• Commented on LED Chaser
  ...Make them in red, and program them to go back and forth only, and every Battlestar Ponderosa female fan will buy a pair. Guaranteed....
• Commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
  ...The woman behind him *IS* drop dead gorgeous at the very least. Someone here at BB needs to call the Senator's office and find out who she is, and whether she's available for dinner!...
• Commented on From Death Row convicts' advocate to Middle School mentor
  ...This says to me he finally realized that most of those heading for the needle were getting what they deserved, and has decided to shift his efforts towards keeping the next generation out of the slammer and ever getting near...
• Commented on Road kill toy
  ...I'm not one of those psychotic cat lovers, even though I've got five of them here at OMWorld Central - two of which are watching me type this post - but that concept for a toy actually exceeds even my...
• Commented on Access Copyright tells Canadian gov't: no home TV recording, no ripping music, no moving old ebooks to new readers
  ...You know how to put an end to it? The same way that the commoners in Englandland did it before they got representation in Parliament: you show up at the house of each of these morons, and you burn it...
• Commented on The magic of Japanese space-saving products
  ...As pointed out by the Japanese wife of a good friend of mine, one of the reasons the Japanese have become so efficient at coming up with space-saving gadgets is that they live on a rather overpopulated island with limited...
• Commented on Six-year-old sent to reform school for bringing a "weapon" (Cub Scout camping cutlery) to school
  Is it really fair to blame them for enforcing a mandatory policy? ...Well, yeah, it is. I mean, seriously, if that sort of thinking made sense, sonny, there'd been a lot more not guilty verdicts at Nuremberg. Just because a...
• Commented on EFF comes to the rescue of Texas Instruments calculator hackers
  ...Something else to keep in mind is that TI has always wanted to have as much control on software as well as hardware, in an attempt to hog all the profit streams. This is what killed the 99/4A when they...
• Commented on Android developers pledge to make open equivalents to Google's proprietary apps
  ...You know, if we just shot all the lawyers, we wouldn't have to worry about lawsuits anymore, would we?...
• Commented on
  ...Again, I ask: these are *what*?...
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  ...And these are what, again?...
• Commented on Tweet (#3914067690)
  ...And each article link needs a picture associated with it, even if it's just one of Takuan sitting naked eating cold pizza in front of an old VIC-20. Otherwise it's about as informative as a tweet, and BB isn't supposed...
• Commented on $600 robot hands for hard core hobbyists
  ...Otay, enough already with the hands. Give me a below-knee prosthetic leg that's that cheap that'll allow me to wiggle my big toe....
• Commented on Photos of Steve Jobs and his new Nano
  ...iPod Nano. Just say na-NO!...
• Commented on Retro Mega-Fridge: Huge, Red and $10K!
  ...I want *TWO* of these!...
• Commented on Carrier can't stop hackers stealing customer info
  ...Waitaminit. I thought Mitnik was banned from any form of computer access as part of his release?...
• Commented on Microsoft bilking customers on hard drives
  ...A long long time ago, I worked for Summagraphics as a test engineer, and this bit with charging for the old hard drives reminds me of a stunt that the idiots at the home orifice (sic) in New Hampshire pulled...
• Commented on Anti-theft laptop app snags nabbed iMac
  ...Ack. Nevermind. *Somehow* I honestly didn't see the quote pop up about how this choad was busted. I blame Firefox not loading the page properly, dammit....
• Commented on Anti-theft laptop app snags nabbed iMac
  ...WHY is this bastard's face blocked out? Showing what this scumbag looks like might just help recover the notebook!...
• Commented on Jewelry that spells out its function, literally
  ...Cock or Clit Ring?...
• Commented on Amazon refuses to say when it will delete customers' books from Kindles
  ...Mark my words, kids: this *will* result in a major court case, which regardless of whether the publishing industry wins or loses will result in damage that they will never be able to recover from. And it serves them right....
• Commented on Louis Vuitton's fancy Apollo-inspired trunk
  ...Of course, I do *not* speak from actual...er, "hands on" experience. I just reiterate what I've learned from reading Boing Boing :-P...
• Commented on "Southpaw nothing. I'll drop him in three."
  ...Apollo Creed dropping Bart Sibrel. Now *that* I'd gladly pay scalper's rates to sit ringside to see!...