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• Commented on Seven features that make the Palm Pre better than the iPhone
  you know....technically Java applets are web technology. But Java is a down-to-the-metal language in that the VM hooks into hardware. They could easily implement Java on this thing which would have the added benefit of allowing apps written for other...
• Commented on XKCD versus Hitler versus Vista
  @#6 Actually, from within Microsoft, Windows 7 is closer to Vista SP2. They took all the underlying kernel stuff from Vista and overhauled the entire UI, which was mostly responsible for the bloat. Not saying it's good, haven't tried it...
• Commented on Mouse in hot dog bun or just dough?
  Easiest way to find out is to cut inside and see if there's a meaty filling....
• Commented on Engineer studying "skin vision"
  I've seen this before... Greg Egan's "Teranesia" has a character who wears a pad on his back connected to a visor he wears so that his skin serves as gateways to his brain for the pseudo-vision. The book had awesome...
• Commented on HOWTO keep your laptop from being searched at the border (it's hard)
  Why not use something like Truecrypt's 'plausible deniability' mode? You have two passwords: one that displays files you don't care to show em' and one that shows the actual sensitive data. You can't tell which password you gave em' nor...
• Commented on Humanity's Identity Crisis
  What does it mean to be human? Meat, around bones on a bipedal frame descended from monkeys through the most hilariously elaborate game of trial and error we've done theorized. there's also the body odors/excretions and sex thing. What we...
• Commented on Aubrey De Grey on Colbert Report
  @JDUBSMONTREAL: Agreed. I have to go to the crummy comedy network website(broadband.thecomedynetwork.ca) It's a horrible and bloated site using the very very buggy Silverlight software to stream the clips. (note: it works like crap on nforce mobos and tends to...
• Commented on Guy in polar bear suit arrested during Greenpeace protest
  Wow...I'm torn between my like for do-it-yourselfers and my hate for Greenpeace....
• Commented on Perpetual motion contraption stumps MIT professor
  Get the Amazing Randy on the case....
• Commented on Who cut the cheese? I mean the transoceanic 'net cables?
  Gnomes...
• Commented on URGENT: Canadians need to take action on Canadian DMCA NOW
  I just sent my 2 cents to Prentice(again). This is getting tiresome....
• Commented on URGENT: Canadians need to take action on Canadian DMCA NOW
  I hafta side with Cory on this one. Seriously, how many DMCA takedown notices were sent to unowned or free works just to get it offline or as part of some badly programmed legal spambot's rounds?...
• Commented on URGENT: Canadians need to take action on Canadian DMCA NOW
  That frikkin' weasel.......
• Commented on HOWTO Bake a gorgeous vegan herb bread
  What do you mean "Now"?...
• Commented on Parasite turns ants into juicy berries to entice hungry birds
  I can't help but think of the blueberry girl from Willy Wonka....
• Commented on Canadian DMCA to be reintroduced -- your action needed NOW!
  What...a...dick. I know it doesn't sound very policital nor very intelligent, but it's the most descriptive I can come up with at this point....
• Commented on Canadian DMCA rally in Calgary -- photos, videos, reports
  Very cool:) Makes me happy I was able to contribute just a lil' bit with a voicemail(I never dreamed the voice mailbox would have been filled by end of day, that's awesome!). And my sincerest thanks to Kempton:) I'll remotely...
• Commented on CANADIANS! Tomorrow is your best chance to fight the Canadian DMCA! Event in Calgary, national phone-in
  I got voicemail when I called the Calgary number. Left a message, though....
• Commented on CANADIANS! Tomorrow is your best chance to fight the Canadian DMCA! Event in Calgary, national phone-in
  Definitely phoning this one in(walking from Halifax to Calgary ain't likely). As an artist, I think it's my duty to as he's apparently doing this "on our behalf"(*cough*)....
• Commented on HOWTO Fight Canada's coming DMCA copyright law
  @Alys, I believe he links to this: http://www.onlinerights.ca/ They have a stock letter you can modify that emails all of the above and sends you a copy to print and post out....
• Commented on Amnesty's Unsubscribe Me video reenacts CIA stress-position torture
  Osinoche, you sir, are very effective at bringing bile to my mouth. Quite the troll thy be. I would seriously like to know where you get this idea of "If we keep it under a million people, it's cool." Yeah,...
• Commented on Amnesty's Unsubscribe Me video reenacts CIA stress-position torture
  The problem, Osinoche, is what constitutes a "correct" answer. The techniques involved have been used to secure confessions. I hardly know how you can apply the scientific method to something like that. Equally, again, if the information involved was "correct",...
• Commented on Amnesty's Unsubscribe Me video reenacts CIA stress-position torture
  Donating to Amnesty gets more and more important each day. That was one powerful movie and hopefully it'll help at least raise some eyebrows. Though I agree more text should be displayed indicating why he's on the box and dares...
• Commented on Science and carbs - A big fat lie revisited
  #13: Cory, I've lost 40lbs in 4 months. No Atkins. My friend lost 30lbs in 2.5 months. His was more drastic, but he hasn't advanced since and he's still, according to that popular BMI scale, obese. Not only that, he...
• Commented on Science and carbs - A big fat lie revisited
  If you eat less calories then you use up, and avoid too much fat and sugar(which are the building blocks of fat cells, I don't care what this guy tells you), you will lose weight. Period. Now, in terms of...