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Commented on Purported PS3 ad sports Nazi imagery
The Nazi imaginary was completely lost on me the first time I saw this picture. I was transfixed on the woman in the middle, as well. She totally looks like a vampire and I thought she was harvesting sweet, sweet...
Commented on Offworld's Retro Remakes week: what needs to be remade?
With all of the love given lately to Monkey Island, I would love to see a remake done of Maniac Mansion. And sticking with the "point-and-click" theme, let's have Déjà Vu and Shadowgate remade too....
Commented on "Average gamer is 35, fat and bummed" [Really?]
Age: 30 Height: 6'/183cm Weight: 159lbs/72km BMI: 21.6 Depression: Negative, captain...
Commented on How-To: Read George Orwell's 1984 on your Kindle
This is so ridiculous. Not the work around mind you; the fact there even needs to be one....
Commented on City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks
@39 Obviously the ignorance is high with this one. If you think for a minute that Bozeman is full of "rednecks" you have absolutely no idea what kind of town Bozmeman is. But go ahead with your general stereotyping of...
Commented on Plants vs. Zombies
My significant other loathes tower defense games, however I was able to cleverly get her hooked on this gem. Everything about this game is really top-notch in execution. Just wait 'til you see the boss levels. ;^)...
Commented on The Frank Lloyd Wright Ax Murders
Well then I'm inclined to third...that. Your posts Maggie certainly are quite exciting and a welcome breath of fresh air to the community....
Commented on One More Go: <em>Majora's Mask</em>, or How to be your own hero of time
You can also pick up a copy on Ebay for really quite cheap. I purchased myself an unopened copy several months ago for a little over $30. It's sad really considering an unopened copy of Ocarina sells for several hundred...
Commented on <em>PixelJunk Eden</em> patch promises mercy
Certainly a welcome addition, but the question remains- will taking part in continues, enhanced control schemes, etc. prevent one from earning Trophies?...
Commented on The Wasteland gets a little wider
#4- No, they're not and it stinks to high-heaven of pure bullshit. I understand that the industry is all about making money, but the fact that M$ most likely went to Bethesda and said "Listen, we'll give you X amount...
Commented on Free to Be... You and Me: the 35 Anniversary Edition: the book every kid needs
It's stories like this that keep me coming back to BB. Good stuff, Cory....
Commented on Boing Boing Offworld launches!
The moistness is overwhelming....
Commented on Guest blogger: Dale Dougherty
Welcome to the "fun house", Dale! On behalf of the community, we trust you have a working keyboard that doesn't capitalize random words in your posts. The last guest blogger we had owned such a keyboard and we were all...
Commented on What kind of animal is on this rubber ball?
Turn it to the right and it's obviously an elderly Eskimo waving good-bye to the polar ice caps (or hello to global warming!). Unfortunately his right arm was amputated in the great Polar Bear/Sea Lion War of '73 and now...
Commented on HSBC's bizarre lumberjack ad
Personally when I first saw this add I was pretty confused as well. But it makes more sense (maybe?) if you think about as though the man is the woman's significant other or father. The woman goes to his place...
Commented on eBoy's Blockbob Eater doll
What suburb luck! I just happen to have 172.7616 U.S. dollars in my pocket that I need to unburden myself with. It's a good thing the US is not in a recession and financial times aren't trying, otherwise I might...
Commented on Making a note here: Teddy bear with companion cube toy
Great success!...
Commented on The Faith Tones: "Jesus Use Me" LP cover
There is no way, no how, that those are women. I refuse to believe!...
Commented on Cordarounds Bike-to-Work pants with reflective Teflon cuff
I wear pants! These would be perfect for my pants-wearing lifestyle!...
Commented on Photos of a very messy house
@7: From my understanding of this story (which was posted on another site and the book keeper posted other information in regard to the story) there was evidence of there being cats present at one time, but they weren't viewable...
Commented on Nintendo's WiFi router is tiny and a tad inexplicable
Another thing to keep in mind for those that may want this product instead of procuring a Nintendo DS WiFi USB Connector- the dongle isn't Mac compatible. This was the reason I wasn't able to get one and ultimately buckled...
Commented on Jill Greenberg's Photoshopped McCain out-takes
@ Big Ed: You're kidding right? Do you even realize what you're saying? There's a big reason that Boing Boing (along with many other blogs and publications) have not had nearly as many negative things to say about Obama than...
Commented on Cameraheads in Seattle protest CCTVs in public places
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?...
Commented on Lessons Learned.
I came here to say just what #2 said so eloquently. Hopefully though, this long drawn-out apology will appease those of you that find the greatest pleasure in coming to Boing Boing to bitch and moan about nonsense. Pick your...
Commented on Weezer video stars lots of YouTube celebs
I agree that both the Weezer and BNL's videos have a different feel to them and both took the idea in a different direction. Regardless of the fact if BNLs had the idea first, IMHO Weezer ran with the idea...
Commented on Woman comes back to life after rigor mortis sets in
WOAM? As is in the AM broadcasting station in Peoria, Illinois? I never knew it was dead....
Commented on Larry Craig "bobblefoot"
I recognize the tapping style of this "bobblefoot" as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct....
Commented on Coupon queen spends $10/week on family groceries
I love this bit from the article: "What I learned from Crissy is that you can use one coupon per item. All this time I had misunderstood what it says on each coupon, only one coupon per purchase. I took...
Commented on Giant working NES controller/coffee table
With the size of this thing I'm surprised they didn't mod it to have the actual NES inside the table. Pretty sweet regardless though....
Commented on Passenger moons speed camera
What will become of the little ones that are harmed psychologically by viewing a stranger's bare bum? Won't someone please think of the children?!...

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pt commented on How-To: Read George Orwell's 1984 on your Kindle
@hohum - i have a kindle and i don't think i've ever taken a break from the book buying process to look up the publisher's name to make sure whatever i am buying is authentic, maybe next time i will. it seems all the customers who bought the fake 1984 also didn't do that, i didn't buy the fake 1984, but i understand how many people could have. i don't think it's proper to assume they didn't have a "small bag of common sense" - seems reasonable that they assumed it was a valid purchase. the online experience and kindle...
hohum commented on How-To: Read George Orwell's 1984 on your Kindle
@PT, 13, You do raise a good point that the whole Kindle experience really puts everything at the same level. I didn't really think that through, I'll be honest. I know that there's self-publishing and all that jazz on the Kindle store. So to me, the pulled version seemed obviously sketchy, especially in comparison to the legit version. I'm sure most users don't know that there are real publishers and self-publishers on the Kindle store, because, as you've said, Amazon doesn't do anything to really make that common knowledge. Without that knowledge, it's true - everything seems legit. I'm sure...
PaulR commented on How-To: Read George Orwell's 1984 on your Kindle
Or, you could NOT BUY THE KINDLE, and give your business to some other, more deserving e-reader company. And download it from an 'Stralian website. Like I did last week....
WA commented on How-To: Read George Orwell's 1984 on your Kindle
The Kindle has major problems with questionable sellers selling very poor copies of books, and the interface can make it very difficult to find the respectable copy. Search for any public domain work, for example, and one will be confronted with hundreds of copies of the same work, with almost all of those copies horribly formatted, with advertisements in their titles, tables of contents that are wrong and non-functional, illustrations that are missing, and chapter headings that are just part of the text at best. There appears to be no way to review a particular Kindle version, so reviewers can't...
Philbert commented on How-To: Read George Orwell's 1984 on your Kindle
Also, it's here: http://www.memoware.com/?screen=doc_detail&doc_id=16061&p=title^!1984~!description^!1984~!author^!1984~!date_added^!0~!rating^!0 Not sure what the legal status of that is,but there it is, for free. Of course you can't read open encodings on your Kindle, but hey, get a phone!...

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