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• Commented on WWII Boatpunk: Aboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, with Todd Lappin
  Sorry, Xeni. It is, I admit, a minor pet peeve of mine, but I am always annoyed when people use "-punk" incorrectly....
• Commented on Interview with the Chicago Tribune
  Yes it is, Zuzu. All you have to do is look at the Prelinger Archives and the difference between high school films of the 1930s and 1940s and the ones of the 1950s and 1960s when the concept of the...
• Commented on WWII Boatpunk: Aboard the SS Jeremiah O'Brien, with Todd Lappin
  Boatpunk? Ugh. Talk about a misuse of a neologism. I am all up for various '-punk' genres, but it's always been about the general technological level, not the specific use of the technology. We talk about steampunk, not locomotivepunk or...
• Commented on One Step Beyond: shrooms and ESP
  One Step Beyond was a docudrama? Does that mean the Twilight Zone was a dramatic re-enactment?...
• Commented on Presidential candidate Ron Paul picks his fave superhero
  Well it sounds like you agree with him on a lot of things, but I'm not seeing the half-truths. For example, I think most people know what 'a woman's right to choose' refers to. Paul has voted against abortion rights...
• Commented on Presidential candidate Ron Paul picks his fave superhero
  I've looked into his views and I frankly have not seen any dishonest criticisms of him in here....
• Commented on Boing Boing t-shirts by COOP!
  DCulberson: Of course! I'm such an idiot!...
• Commented on Boing Boing t-shirts by COOP!
  Sexism aside, I just don't get it. Why a buxom woman with a jackhammer? What does that have to do with Boing Boing? Am I just being dense here and it's supposed to be some Dadaistic thing or am I...
• Commented on Human water fountain
  I knew Bulemia had its uses....
• Commented on 11 slaughterhouse workers ill, inhaled pig-brain matter suspected
  If you outlaw pig brains, only outlaw pigs will have brains!...
• Commented on Steampunk gift guide
  Father Brown, it wouldn't be hipster crass consumerism if it wasn't fit into a niche market, silly!...
• Commented on Secret camouflage tips of the WWII Allies: inflatable tanks and rubbish heaps
  My grandfather worked at the DeHaviland aircraft factory in Britain during the war. It had bomb damage painted on its roof. I always thought that was cool....
• Commented on Weird fingerprint art at Oakland airport
  Mark, you and I must have been in the same terminal around the same time assuming you took that yesterday. Cool....
• Commented on What came before the Big Bang? Science radio show from Canada
  Actually, Newton's law of universal gravitation has been falsified......
• Commented on What came before the Big Bang? Science radio show from Canada
  "That initial point, called a singularity by physicists, is a physical impossibility." I think I have a lot of evidence to counter this......
• Commented on Glass lionfish sculpture and many glass sea-dwellers
  LEV3K: Including the replicator?...
• Commented on Dvorak funnies explain why your QWERTY habit needs to go
  "I still can't get past the idea that "you can type faster this way" doesn't really have a practical manifestation." It is practical in situations where you have to take dictation or transcribe something. Instances where speed and accuracy really...
• Commented on Dvorak funnies explain why your QWERTY habit needs to go
  "i don't care what these people say about there being limited ergonomic improvements and speed improvements. for me the speed improvement is more than 10% and accuracy easily more than 30%. not having to stretch for the most commonly typed...
• Commented on Dvorak funnies explain why your QWERTY habit needs to go
  It seems to me that learning a keyboard layout that very few people actually use would be a detriment to most people. I'm sure it is very helpful if you need to type faster from what people are saying, but...
• Commented on Vintage surplus electronics mega-warehouse
  There's a place similar to this in North Hollywood, CA called Norton Sellers although they tend to specialize in jet and rocket parts. Great place though. I had the privilege of being on a crew filming there once and got...
• Commented on 911 call for beer
  Well hey, he was obviously too drunk to get the beer himself. I call party foul on the emergency services....
• Commented on TV commercials for 1970s Planet of the Apes dolls
  @Franko: Not only do I remember Micronauts, I owned the toys and still, somewhere, have a complete run of the original comic book series. I'm a Micronaut Micronut (yuk yuk)! @Commieneko: Thanks, that will come in handy. I contacted him...
• Commented on TV commercials for 1970s Planet of the Apes dolls
  Some YouTube Planet of the Apes surfing led me to this, a student film from the late '70s that was meant as a sequel to the Apes films which ties up loose ends. It's damn impressive. It looks like actual...
• Commented on TV commercials for 1970s Planet of the Apes dolls
  Some YouTube Planet of the Apes surfing led me to this, a student film from the late '70s that was meant as a sequel to the Apes films which ties up loose ends. It's damn impressive. It looks like actual...
• Commented on Discovery of new marine species
  Chicken of the Sea of course....
• Commented on TV commercials for 1970s Planet of the Apes dolls
  "What kind of place is this that the ruling class are apes?" It's a distant future, the year 2000. The president will be a chimpanzee. I know you don't believe it now, but in a few years you're going to...
• Commented on Discovery of new marine species
  I wish there were more BB posts like this. REAL cryptozoology is given a bad name by the bigfoot and loch ness monster hunters. I cringe every time I see them promoted. It's doing a disservice to hard-working scientists....
• Commented on New masked hoodies from Anticon
  That's pretty expensive for a sweatshirt with a zipper and a hood....
• Commented on Surgery success on girl with 8 limbs
  Oh sure, Kali finally reincarnates and you go chop her arms off. Typical....
• Commented on Florida sheriff spreads BS about fake drug made from human waste
  If nothing else, it restricts the flow of oxygen to the brain which can produce euphoria and hallucinations......