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• Commented on ICANN haz cheezburger (Update to "Xeni on Maddow")
  By that logic, shouldn't you need to learn hieroglyphics to write on paper?...
• Commented on ICANN haz cheezburger (Update to "Xeni on Maddow")
  >A common, default language is a beneficial thing. Latin-character-only domain names were, and could've continued to be, an important part of encouraging that common, default language. That's easy to say when it's your language that's the "default"....
• Commented on Anvil Shooting: using explosives to fire anvils -- yes, ANVILS -- into the air
  Launch at 1:33, landing at 1:39. 6s in air, so it's at its highest point and no velocity at 3s. d=1/2*at^2, a = g = 9.8 m/s^2, distance = 9.8*3*3 = 88.2 meters = 288 feet. Nice!...
• Commented on G20 police uses arrested student as trophy in group photo
  So - no reason to ever enter the city limits of Pittsburgh, then. I'll make a note of it....
• Commented on They Might Be Giants' awesome new kids' CD: HERE COMES SCIENCE!
  "How Many Planets"? I'll be interested in seeing how they tackle that minefield....
• Commented on Trailer for Scott Westerfeld's YA steampunk novel LEVIATHAN
  The "clanker vs. darwinist" conflict is a nice echo of Bruce Sterling's "Shaper/Mechanist" posthuman factions - and considering the opening line of Uglies, Westerfeld is probably doing it on purpose....
• Commented on Visualizing a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book
  The only one of those that really stuck with me is "Inside UFO 54-40" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_UFO_54-40 which had an ongoing plot element about a utopian planet you could never reach by making any decision. Turns out the pages describing your arrival...
• Commented on Death Star annihilates the Enterprise
  #39: if tranporters are so cheap, why did they take a shuttlecraft from the Academy to the Enterprise? But even given cheap transporters, you still need to provide safe working conditions for all those people in a vacuum - if...
• Commented on Death Star annihilates the Enterprise
  You build the Enterprise on Earth the same reason you build iPods in China even though most of them are not staying there - cheaper access to labor and materials. Providing space-station living space for all those engineers, welders, etc....
• Commented on Neil Gaiman on Colbert Report
  What's the over-under on "F**k it, We're All Going To Die" by Stephen Colbert with art by Art Spiegelman actually being published within the next 2 years? I feel like there's at least a 50% chance....
• Commented on Octopus removes valve, floods floor of Santa Monica Pier Aquarium
  TheMadLibrarian - good chance she was provided with toys but did this anyway. Can't you imagine humans, imprisoned by aliens, breaking the life support system in their cells even if given toys?...
• Commented on Kansas Representative introduces anti-netroots campaign finance reform bill
  Correction - Tevis didn't win, though he came close. The guy introducing the bill is the incumbent who beat him....
• Commented on DOD Wants parent bots to fool tots
  Hooray, Ruri! You're so smart, Ruri!...
• Commented on What it feels like to die in a black hole
  About the "squeezing" - my understanding is that you'd see yourself, turned inside out, approaching from all sides until you're crushed by yourself. I created a symbol for the asteroid Apophis as part of an artistic project - take a...
• Commented on Tally-mark birthday tee
  I think we agree on the actual candle presentation. Asking around at work, I found a few people who agree with you two that binary digits are special and indexed from the right, but most people seemed to agree with...
• Commented on Tally-mark birthday tee
  @Lenore, @Morcheeba - wouldn't you say the first digit in the number 2008 is 2, just like the first letter in Rikchik is R?...
• Commented on Tally-mark birthday tee
  .abeehcroM, sknahT...
• Commented on Tally-mark birthday tee
  Does anyone else do binary birthday candles? My circle of friends started when I was 27 - we put 5 candles on the cake, lighting the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th. This year I'll be lighting the 1st and 4th...
• Commented on Adding the Benny Hill Theme to Anything Makes it Funny
  Even pulling weeds in Animal Crossing obeys this rule: http://www.dsfanboy.com/2007/11/25/dont-mess-with-animal-crossing/...
• Commented on Nonexistent public phone photo
  The sign's accurate - the correct order is "phone installed, you use the phone, phone uninstalled." This one is out of order....
• Commented on Syd Mead with Joel Johnson, part 3: BLADE RUNNER.
  Was it just me, or is there actually nothing about the dreampod in this video? I guess it ended up on the cutting-room floor... again....
• Commented on Custom Mario levels used as rhythm section for anime theme medley
  This video was heavily analyzed at Kotaku a little while ago: http://kotaku.com/387830/this-hands+free-super-mario-world-level-plays-sweet-sweet-music The music selection is a standardized medley from 4chan/nikoniko Japanese net culture, and includes popular anime and game music - there's a list in the Kotaku comments thread....
• Commented on Speed Racer's "photo-anime" hyperreality: John Gaeta interview, part 2.
  No citations for the anime clips?...
• Commented on Videos of the worst pop songs ever
  How come so many of these are on the "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" soundtrack?...
• Commented on Do coat hangers sound as good as Monster cables?
  Was there supposed to be a link to the actual story, or was this just a story from an email?...
• Commented on Infrared LEDs make you invisible to CCTV cameras
  The images from the cameras are eerily similar to the "Laughing Man" from the "Ghost in the Shell: SAC" anime series....
• Commented on I Want Sandy - perfect productivity email bot is free and public
  I had the same thought - "Sandy" can even be an androgynous name, but the art and pronouns throughout the site make it clear that this is a female algorithm that's responding to your email....