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• Commented on RIAA/MPAA hit men private enforcement site indexed by Google
  Barack Obama The Audacity Of Hope.zip could contain anything. It could be that a student in Taiwan didn't realize he left his homework in his eDonkey share folder....
• Commented on Loltus
  I used to be an idiot behind the wheel. This gives me the perspective to assert that the driver in this case was an idiot. I hope he learned his lesson....
• Commented on Old timey Halloween photos
  Are they supposed to be blackface bobbleheads?...
• Commented on Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensary bust
  What's with the Blackwater shirt? Was he really a DEA agent, or a goddamn mercenary? I find the idea of private paramilitary organizations enforcing federal laws without regard for the sovereignty of individual states to be very disturbing. There is...
• Commented on Yahoo plans to kill DRM servers
  @15 Actually, I still have a functioning 8 track player. I can't find new tapes, but at least what I have works. When the factory shut down no one came to my house to pull the plug. The same can't...
• Commented on iPhone 3G GPS cannot support turn-by-turn, says Pogue
  I can't understand how the size of the antenna could possibly make an impact on whether or not you can do turn by turn navigation. If the antenna works well enough to get a fix on your location at all,...
• Commented on Honor student suspended for bringing multitool to school
  One of the conditions of parole for this kid should be that he isn't allowed within twenty yards of any liquid or gel. Unless it is in containers no larger than three ounces, and stored in a one quart Ziploc®...
• Commented on The Macbook Air is Not a Sub-Notebook
  It's the G4 Cube all over again. Awesome, but I'm not that wealthy....
• Commented on (Guatemala) Letter to a Forcibly Disappeared Son
  It has become more and more difficult for me to be proud of my country ever since I went to Guatemala. The more I learn about US involvement there and elsewhere, the more I want to be a citizen of...
• Commented on Biashara Phone with Credit Card Scanner
  Oh man, I totally invented this when I was in Guatemala. The cell network is better developed and (obviously) easier to connect to than the wired network. It just makes sense to use it for credit card processing....
• Commented on Lakota Natives Withdraw Treaties with U.S.
  More on Russell Means: http://imdb.com/name/nm0575184/...
• Commented on Lakota Natives Withdraw Treaties with U.S.
  I made a map that shows roughly what many Lakota consider their territory to be. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=43.802819,-101.645508&spn=9.687136,20.566406&z=6&om=1&msid=105990635611814430241.000441c00f46c79e6ed2c I lived on the Standing Rock Reservation for about three months, and many of the people I met hold a deep resentment toward the...
• Commented on Police ordered to pull over people doing nothing wrong
  If I were the cop, I'd keep the giftcards for myself and skip the pulling people over for nothing part....
• Commented on Wireless Tasers Fired from Shotguns
  It's all fun and games until someone gets their eye poked out....
• Commented on Tim Burton to direct Alice in Wonderland
  Coming soon to Hot Topic: More Alice merch than you can shake a stick at!...
• Commented on Apple Must Be Outsourcing Its Customer Service for Christmas
  Apple has call centers in Sacramento, Houston and somewhere in Canada. They have contractor call centers to serve as backup when the volume gets too high. I suspect that they need to do some hiring to keep up with their...