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• Commented on Police veteran critiques TSA procedure
  > It was not so much the search (then) as it was the > embarrassment of being singled out, effectively being > told “You are different,” but getting no explanation > as to why. The former police officer makes good...
• Commented on 3D movies are doomed to gimmickhood
  Some interesting mainstream product links for displays: http://www.dlp.com/hdtv/3-d_dlp_hdtv.aspx (Samsung and Mitsubishi DLP TVs that are 3D capable and are widely available at retail). http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/09/03/4354011.htm Sony to bring 3D LCD TVs, Blu-ray players, Vaio computers, Playstation 3 console in 2010. http://www.3dmovielist.com/3dhdtvs.html...
• Commented on 3D movies are doomed to gimmickhood
  The secret sauce? Home televisions and console/game platforms. Already, home televisions are being sold and making a stealth entrance into consumer's homes that are 3D capable. (Primary capability: the ability to accept two simultaneous video streams over HDMI at 60hz...
• Commented on Compuserve shuts down
  This is too bad. I would have loved to have logged into a virtual Compuserve simulator and play some of the (then) amazing online games. One. More. Time....
• Commented on Boing Boing apartment in Comcast Town
  Let's be honest. Boingboing totally knew this backlash would happen. It is as obvious as: "Hey, guys! I we have a new sponsor with AIG! Check our our investment competition over at..." That said, it looks like Habbo Hotel. But...
• Commented on American Former Gay Pr0n Star Is Big In Japan
  I CAME!!!...
• Commented on Kansas Representative introduces anti-netroots campaign finance reform bill
  Oh. I read the website and I see the important point left out in the summary, above: Maybe it’s because in 2008, there was only been one candidate to raise more than $1,000 in small donations. Me. Wow. And that's...
• Commented on Kansas Representative introduces anti-netroots campaign finance reform bill
  Makes a good story. "Incumbent politician challenged by grass roots campaign that sought small donations from lots of citizens. Incumbent wins, crafts legislation to regulate the reporting of small (and non-influential) political donations." I remember going into a local political...
• Commented on Moving Paintings From Inside
  Dear Boing Boing, I AM EATING, THANK YOU!...
• Commented on Mike Vilensky of <em>New York Magazine's</em> Daily Un-Intel fact check fail about Boing Boing
  Perhaps related, didn't a week or two you have an article saying that two authors (who were temporarily attached to BoingBoing in some way) were going off in their own direction now? This could have been interpreted, mistakenly, as a...
• Commented on NYT on Guantánamo "Nothing has been more damaging to the United States than the violation of the legal principles at the heart of the American idea."
  I'm wondering what the point of this letter is. Why does even this much have to be communicated in writing? But the level of anonymity in this written communication is astounding....
• Commented on Palin hears rally attendee call Obama "n-word" during speech, keeps on truckin'.
  Government? Making decisions for us? Like abortion, Sarah? I don't think you understand where your argument is going. Oh, and someone just dropped the "N" bomb....
• Commented on EFF sues to overturn telcom immunity
  Go EFF. It is important that these anti-American activities be pursued....
• Commented on Pentagon researcher unveils World of Warcraft terror plot
  OMG! They could be communicating through BLOG COMMENTS right now, and disguising their conversation around the story at hand! Nobody would be the wiser! The government needs to track all comments made on the Internet!!...
• Commented on Ridgid SeeSnake Micro Inspection Camera
  #12: This item is NOT FOR USE by Japanese businessmen on the train....
• Commented on Cape, goggles and XKCD
  If that really is Cory Doctorow on the left, then he has become undeniably cute....
• Commented on Ethan Persoff's coverage of the Democratic National Convention riot cops
  Aaaaaaaannndddd... nobody cares about excessive force unless it is on camera, and the guy really really didn't "deserve it." Welcoem to your New Amerikan Sentry. PS: What are your rights when you're inside of an area that a group of...
• Commented on The 5 greatest things ever accomplished while high
  #1 is really offensive. Did you need to repeat that here?...
• Commented on That Violet Blue thing
  Wow. I appreciate Xeni addressing so many different people AND managing to stay positive through it all....
• Commented on That Violet Blue thing
  I think that they should be punished. The only way we can reasonably settle this whole debate would be if Xeni Jarden finally reveals all for the camera. Come on, Xeni! Show us your shame!...
• Commented on That Violet Blue thing
  Last post in an epic thread!...
• Commented on Funny Gummi Lighthouses
  I think those lighthouses would be fabulous if only they were significantly taller! A seaman needs a tall lighthouse that can be seen for miles....
• Commented on Large Hadron Collider probably won't destroy Earth
  I'm waiting for when they change their experiment in 4-5 years and it doesn't go through the same rigorous review process. I say it'll end up being something less exotic. Perhaps a nuclear fusion type explosion (but not necessarily nuclear...
• Commented on Boing Boing's got policies
  There is an interesting thing about DMCA takedown notifications. While they include a description of the copyrighted work, and a URL where it is located at, it never identifies the actual content in question. So if you've got a large...
• Commented on World of World of Warcraft: the future of gaming
  #11: I caught that, too, and was going to comment on it here. I confess to multiplying 24*7, just to make sure, before I posted....
• Commented on WTF?!, a Flash-based World of Warcraft parody
  I've never played WoW either, but I have played MUDs. And I thought a text based multiplayer role playing game could be tedious! GO TO B -> COMPLETE SIMPLE TASK -> RETURN TO A GO TO B -> COMPLETE SIMPLE...
• Commented on White Mischief steampunk night, King's Cross London, June 7
  Thank you, Boing Boing, for resizing that image! (Was 5500x7777 resolution.)...
• Commented on T-shirt with picture of armed robot endangers British aviation system
  I got questioned over a Brave Woman t-shirt, which consisted of a single picture of an old woman in sunglasses sitting on a chair, with no background. I guess it reminded them of the shoe bomber or something because she...
• Commented on Untitled 1
  This story never died?...
• Commented on Phlashing attack permanently destroys hardware over the network
  Even better: red herring phlashing For example, flash a PC's BIOS. But don't destroy the BIOS. Instead, have it produce a fatal error on the memory test, which prevents booting. (Easy enough to do.) The person responsible for the hardware...