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Commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
What's the point of all this "liberty or death" dilemma if you're too sick or dead to take advantage of it? Really, if you'd rather let sick people die instead of give away a little more of your paycheck, you're...
Commented on They Shoot Porn Stars, Don't They? Susannah Breslin on recession and adult biz
CGI porn is about as fun as watching two marionettes collide against each-other....
Commented on Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Burqini
anti-religious vs. absolute moral relativists fight! fight!...
Commented on Celebrity Hard Drives
I'd definitely buy Kim K's skin....
Commented on Braid bound for PS3, creator teases 'philosophical, quiet' game The Witness
all of a sudden, timedonkey.com makes much more sense......
Commented on Review: An afternoon with Shuttle's Nano-powered XS29
@Underwhelmer: I'm right there with you. I'm trying to find reasons NOT to buy a Mini soon. I spent a while at Newegg trying to piece one out on my own, but I had a surprisingly difficult time getting anywhere...
Commented on How to make kombucha
In case there are people who have never tried this and are interested: go to your pantry and take a swig of vinegar and imagine what it would be like if it were carbonated. There. That's kombucha....
Commented on 2009 Gathering Of The Juggalos Infomercial
If you are defending this, you are either a Juggalo yourself or ignorant of Juggalo culture. The only good thing about this event is that it keeps most of them away from the rest of society for a few days....
Commented on Video made using Google SketchUp for $12
So many people criticizing Sketchup for not being as sophisticated as Blender. That's like complaining that your screwdriver set isn't a CNC mill. Well, DUH. What Sketchup does, it does better than anything else. It allows you to quickly model...
Commented on The Valley
@29 Takuan: You might want to check your facts regarding porn's connection to organized crime. That might have been true in the 70's or early 80's, but it's a very different world now. In America, at least. Eastern Europe and...
Commented on A couple of neat tools for making cheap camcorders produce awesome footage
For those wondering: The song is called Love Like A Sunset II and it's by the band Phoenix....
Commented on Hmm. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea after all.
I thought animal fighting was illegal in the US??...
Commented on Tweet (#2388036652)
Wow, that is an absolutely shameless rip....
Commented on Listen: Bit Shifter's March of the Nucleotides
Those people look like they're trying very hard to be excited by that....
Commented on Music Video: Fever Ray "Triangle Walks"
If I Had A Heart is still the best song and video off the album, but this one is pretty good. I didn't know it was out, so thanks for posting it!...
Commented on Listen: Aliceffekt's Ecco The Dongeon (8-Bit Techno)
This guy has actually done some realtime/game stuff, but I guess he's moved on and taken it off the net. This is the only visual reference I can find that still exists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F75ghi727_I...
Commented on Listen: Aliceffekt's Ecco The Dongeon (8-Bit Techno)
This guy has actually done a few game/realtime projects, but under a different name. Shame I can't remember what other names he goes by/sites he posts at....
Commented on E309: Does Beatles: Rock Band have the most fantastically surreal game intro of all time?
Neceros: what a concise description of your personality!...
Commented on Q&A: Donald MacDonald, Architect
As someone who actually models and renders architectural stuff all day, I actually agree with him. There are so many times when I wish I could just sketch something out. Doing everything on the computer gets really frustrating, especially at...
Commented on One shot: Die Gute Fabrik's swamp-opera concept, Mutatione
I don't know what this is, but I already love it....
Commented on Weekend Watching: our top Netflix instant-watching picks
Great recommendation on Party Down! It's a really fun show that barely anyone seems to know about. It deserves more buzz than it's gotten so far. Everyone in it is fantastic, but I'm having a hard time getting used to...
Commented on Video from 1956 of Eames Lounge chair introduction
This site: http://www.inmod.com/eames-lounge-chair-and-ottoman.html has some of the better knock-offs that I've found. They actually have 3 different versions of that lounge and compare all three to the Herman Miller original(as you'll see if you check out the link)....
Commented on The most expensive coffee in the world is made from animal poop
Mikkeller makes a coffee stout using civet poop beans....
Commented on Obamabot to be installed at Disney World, will robotically cover up torture, suspend habeas corpus
@6 MR.SKELETON: Four months, as of a couple days ago, right?...
Commented on The glistening ecstacy of Namco's WiiWare Muscle March
I can say pretty confidently that I would only play this once. Maybe a few more times just to show guests and friends. Don't take that as a negative comment, though. I want to buy this game. Do you hear...
Commented on Architecture of evil: the lairs of games villains
@11 ANGUSM: You read the entire article, right? The author lists several games who break out of the cliche eeeeevil mold to create some really cool experiences. And none of them occur in a kitchen....
Commented on Sling Media, Apple, and AT&T: A confederacy of douches
As the article states, Orb isn't affected by this for some reason. I've been using it for months and I love it. It streams actual video files as well as broadcast tv if you have a decoder card in your...
Commented on Transparent U-bend
I can only imagine how long (not very) it'll take before that spinny wheel gets gummed up with hair and miscellaneous drain goo....
Commented on Gimme Indie Game: the depth-defying planar-platforming of Paper Moon
Sounds like a bug, Ralph. That function works fine for me, in fact, certain parts require you to pop in mid air....
Commented on See Through: X-ray vision applied to games hardware
The Zapper image is really nice. If I didn't know the source, I'd assume that it was well-done vector art....

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jfarnold commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
Someone commented that they would prefer that insurance reform focus on tort reform. I must call BS on that. Malpractice insurance pays out almost nothing compared to what is collected in premiums. For an analysis by the DOJ back in 2007 look here: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2007/BJS07015H.htm For a recent study sponsored by a coalition of consumer groups look here: http://www.insurance-reform.org/TrueRiskF.pdf I believe a single payer system would be the most effective and efficient use of our county's health care resources. Insurance companies are a blight to health and our economy....
Roach commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
Airpillo - Thanks for the reply. I know that the public option is generally regarded as competition. I don't think it is, however, and it's certainly not fair competition (not that we have that now). The reason is that the public option is an apparently free service - not free to the taxpayer or to the government, but free to the consumer. Apparently free services have unlimited demand, or are limited only by factors other than cost, like availability or whatever hassle is involved in getting it. I know that the Democrats have put provisions into their bills to keep...
IronEdithKidd commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
I've learned three things today. 1) Al Frankin should have run for public office years ago instead of writing fantasy fiction about running for office. 2) Lots of Americans have been hoodwinked into believing that private insurance doesn't ration care. 3) Lots of Americans don't understand how insurance actually works. As in: a large number of people are pooled into a single group to aggregate risk in order to maximize profit and minimize payout). Perhaps the people who don't really understand insurance have never needed treatment for anything more serious than a sprain or bronchitis. Those people are fortunate, but...
Roach commented on Al Franken kicks eleventy-million kinds of ass in health-care hearing
I don't think you understand how insurance works yourself, IEK. Risk is not aggregated to maximize profit; it is so that rare, costly emergencies can be paid for out of the pool which is bigger than any one person would have - so aggregating risk for the insured, not the shareholders. Originally insurance didn't even have shareholders at all (and mine still doesn't, as it's a trust and not really an insurance company in the standard sense, so they do exist in America). The maximizing profit and minimizing payout came later, after insurance companies got so huge (because other companies...
maradel commented on How to make kombucha
I've been making and drinking Kombucha tea off and on for several years. I think it's delicious, but the taste will vary depending on how long it's fermented and the ambient temperature (as well as what kind of tea you use). If you don't want really acidic kombucha, taste it every few days and refrigerate it when it tastes good to you. My kombucha is fizzy, definitely acidic but not vinegary, with a very slight background sweetness. Although I start with clean jars, etc, I don't get overly preoccupied with making sure everything is sterile, either. Our society has become...

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