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• Commented on Spacemen are transmitting silent little floaty vlogs at planet Earth (also: laptops in orbit!)
  Banal and mindblowing explains it perfectly. I'd not seen any of the HD video before - so amazing!...
• Commented on Speed-trap-happy cops shoot complaining fire-chief in court
  Cameras in small courtrooms like this are very rare. Some states allow it but give judges a lot of leeway, others allow it only in appelate courts, others allow the litigants to reject the option if they aren't interested. May...
• Commented on Cloud computing skepticism
  A common misconception is that cloud services have anything at all to do with social networks or public data. The average consumer sees things like Twitter and cloud backup services for home users and that's certainly part of it. But...
• Commented on London bus with 16 CCTV cameras inside
  Why would you assume they lose track of it? It's not like archiving and cataloging video is some rare problem no one has managed to deal with yet....
• Commented on Did Google Street View spot rapist/kidnapper Garrido?
  @ XENI & ANTINOUS: I too don't get the "why did you post this" arguments. It's your blog so do what you want. However, I'm less clear about referring to the police as incompetent (Xeni) or noting that convicted felons...
• Commented on Newspapers can't make themselves as simple as craigslist
  One example of a TV station that has really good classifieds on their web site, KSL.com in Salt Lake City. Even with the adcrap on the right side, the site is snappy and really easy to use http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=13 It seems...
• Commented on What would you do with a Class C IP block?
  NICKTHEDICK is right. Trying to come up with a creative plan for misusing a scarce resource is irresponsible. Give them back....
• Commented on Alcatraz Island, a tourist attraction that exceeds all expectations
  If you can't actually visit Alcatraz, you can at least watch this short video that gives you a good sense for the place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmFVeeLL01c...
• Commented on Photo-crashing squirrel
  In my perfect world, the "itz shopped!" people would all be delivered to the same special hell I've reserved for the "first post!" people. They could keep each other company....
• Commented on Woman books entire jetliner biz-class so her dog can fly with her
  I'm more shocked by the judgemental comments than her actions. Who are any of you to tell her or anyone else how to spend their money? If you have the money to have internet access and a computer you're already...
• Commented on Phone audio quality sucks
  @DEAN: Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tel. @EVERYONE: I know nothing about cell phones and bluetooth and all of that but I know that phone companies (including VOIP providers) use a measurement called the MOS (Mean Opinion Score) to measure voice...
• Commented on Cat burglar falls off three-storey building across from my bedroom window
  @6: If your cat burglar theory is correct, he isn't a robber. Burglary is sneaking in and stealing stuff. Robbery is using force or fear to take stuff. They're different....
• Commented on Achieving Happiness on just $800,000
  It is shocking to me that on a blog where most comments push for logical conclusions and sane analysis, so many comments are of the "rich people are bad" or "people who work in this industry are bad" sort. Have...
• Commented on The most danceable digital recorder of them all
  This is of course amusing but not at all surprising. It is odd that we all know that marketing works and that people in general tend to have emotional connections to things that prevent us from being truly logical (thank...
• Commented on Goodbye
  OK so you're leaving and I figured I'd want to hear about your next gig when it happens so I'd sign up for Twitter finally. I did. I've spent the last 15 minutes looking for a way to have tweets...
• Commented on Video: Overeager Fanboy Bum Rushes 3G S Launch, Gets Blocked
  I'm torn between thinking this is neat and declaring the end of civilization....
• Commented on Microsoft won't pay for RIM or iPhone data plans any more
  I used to have a Blackberry and I liked it. I now have a Windows Mobile device and I like it too. The iPhone looks neat. I seriously don't get the interface snobs that find one to be overwhelmingly better...
• Commented on Inflatable, portable "clean room"
  @Anonymouse: One reason you wouldn't house the rack offsite is uptime. The time it takes to move a full rack of gear to an alternate location and get it up and running would be several hours at least. Banks are...
• Commented on Inflatable, portable "clean room"
  The link explains they were hired by a bank to devise a solution to keep a mainframe clean during a branch renovation. So the idea was to protect the rack from construction indoors. Not intended for camping. :)...
• Commented on "Microsoft Update Quietly Installs Firefox Extension"
  No actual story here. Move along....
• Commented on We may or may not have refreshed <em>BBG</em>
  Could you please change the design of the site weekly? It's just so amusing to read the comments from the folks that assume their personal preferences are universal and sound as though this redesign will ruin their lives....
• Commented on Nine-year-old plays Ozzy
  Wait for the end for the best part (starts 5 mins in)....
• Commented on How To: build the ultimate, cheap home pizza oven
  I would like for this comment thread to evolve into arguments about how different bricks effect the taste and crust and for a superclass of pizza tasters to emerge who will then happily buy my $25,000 bricks which I promise...
• Commented on Solitary confinement is torture: psych expert
  I've never been in prison but when I see stuff on TV about prison, I wonder if I wouldn't prefer the painful isolation of solitary confinement over the danger and fear that comes with being in the general population. I...
• Commented on Vault makes attractive garage gear
  My suggestion: spend a few hours some evening planning out how you would design your garage with these super expensive cabinets. Spare no details - include all the bits that you would love to own to make your garage perfect....
• Commented on Coming up: how tech boosted Lisa's marathon dreams
  I just ran back to the computer from the fridge and I'm exhausted....
• Commented on Michael Jackson's weirdest detritus, a photoset
  Go take a tour of Graceland - they have a bunch of the cheesy over-the-top crap that fans of all sorts sent to Elvis before and after his death. He kept it all. MJ did the same. I doubt he...
• Commented on Would you like an "OpenBar?"
  I'm one of the Digg freeriders that never clicks digg or bury. I just read the stuff. The bar doesn't bother me but I also see no value....
• Commented on Uprades!
  All of these comments remind me of the morning-after emails I get from my boss after a major system upgrade. I've been in IT for 15 years but still find major changes relatively stressful because I want them to go...
• Commented on Brinno, a timelapse garden camera
  This has never happened before...I saw something on old-school This Old House before I saw it on BBG!...