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• Commented on The OpenOffice Mouse
  With all those buttons, I'll bet it's good for MMORPGs, too....
• Commented on Fort Hood Shooter bought "cop killer" at "Guns Galore"
  That ad is pretty obviously targeted toward military and police procurement departments, of course they're going to talk up the stopping power of what is essentially a glorified .22 caliber round....
• Commented on The Cocks Machine
  Major props for having the stones to click on that link, Rob. There's no way I would have, I'd have just deleted it and missed the whole whimsical experience....
• Commented on Squirrel for dinner
  Squirrel is actually quite good if prepared well. I have never cooked it myself, but I have eaten it and was quite surprised to find out (after wolfing down several pieces) what it was....
• Commented on Barefoot Burglar, 18, suspected of stealing planes, etc.
  The little bastard might get to jail a little faster thanks to the dissemination of his picture and last known whereabouts VIA Boing Boing. I'm sure if he's smarter than a sack of doorknobs, he doesn't view this publicity as...
• Commented on Barefoot Burglar, 18, suspected of stealing planes, etc.
  ZOMG! Everybody please, stop all news reports of criminals and their activities NOW, lest we give the perps an ego boost! Um, I fail to see how posting an item about a fugitive who still seems to be on a...
• Commented on 1971 French translation of Chester Himes novel shows woman with smart phone
  @Myself #11, it has been guessed on the source page. I should have looked there first....
• Commented on 1971 French translation of Chester Himes novel shows woman with smart phone
  I'm surprised nobody has guessed it yet. It's fairly obviously a transistor radio. The unnaturally bent thumb is either working the volume or, more likely, tuning wheel to keep the station in tune in the days before AFC tuners....
• Commented on Burning Man's burned man denied appeal
  Common Sense: 1 Random Idiot: 0 Now that's a final score I can appreciate....
• Commented on Dan Gillmor's "Eleven Things I'd Do If I Ran a News Organization"
  An excellent list full of wonderful ideas that could probably vastly improve the state of news reportage in this country (or any country for that matter). I really don't envision many mainstream providers adopting them any time soon....
• Commented on Dan Gillmor's "Eleven Things I'd Do If I Ran a News Organization"
  UPDATE: The link now works....
• Commented on Dan Gillmor's "Eleven Things I'd Do If I Ran a News Organization"
  Am I the only one getting a "403 Forbidden" error message from that link?...
• Commented on Anti-health-care loon says Stephen Hawking wouldn't stand a chance under British health care system
  Maybe I'm missing something here, but isn't Dr. Hawking in fact British? If this story were true (to be honest, I couldn't stomach much of it and didn't read all the way through), Dr. Hawking wouldn't exist and since he's...
• Commented on NY police use trick to arrest people for pot possession
  @#1&2: Upon further review, I discover that it is now perfectly legal for police to blatantly and intentionally lie to people in an effort to get them to incriminate themselves. So much for Miranda v. Arizona....
• Commented on NY police use trick to arrest people for pot possession
  @#1: Yes, it is indeed entrapment and illegal as can be. However, getting a lawyer to get it dismissed as entrapment would cost more than the $500 fine. Being a simple misdemeanor, the jail time would almost certainly be waived...
• Commented on The Black Widow
  @Myself #8: I should have noticed that Torchinsky also referenced Iowahawk's piece in the article. My bad....
• Commented on The Black Widow
  A common misconception with Turbonique axles is that they were thrust power devices, but the facts are even stranger. To avoid potential street-legality issues with thrust propulsion , the creators of the Turbonique instead went with a rocket-fuel powered turbine...
• Commented on Tim and Eric Fans, behold: Awesomecon in San Diego, July 25
  s t bd tht my frst thght ws tht wll plcd xplsv t ths cnvntn cldn't hlp bt mprv th gn pl? Ys, knw t prbbly wldn't msrbly hlp nythng, bt cnt m s n wh jst "dsn't gt" ths...
• Commented on North Korea's first beer commercial
  @#1 I guess us 'Murricans are too evil to view the awesomeness which is North Korean beer. My feelings aren't hurt much....
• Commented on In praise of Kitchen Aid's customer service -- UPDATED
  In this day when customer service failures are the rule rather than the exception, it's really nice to read an article like this one. Kitchen Aid has always had top-notch appliances, it's good to see they stand behind them....
• Commented on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! season three DVD out soon
  After seeing the first few episodes, I quickly came to the conclusion that the original working title was "Tim & Eric: Awful Show, Good God!" I've seen nothing since to alter this opinion. Tom Goes To The mayor is not...
• Commented on Hit by a Rock from Outer Space?
  A quote from the linked article referring to meteorites: "Of those that do get through, about six out of every seven of them land in water." If 71% of the earth's surface is covered by water, how do 86% of...
• Commented on Hit by a Rock from Outer Space?
  This thing stinks from the word go. As many others have pointed out, the object would not have been going very fast at all when it hit the ground, and would have been very unlikely to have enough mass to...
• Commented on Odd photo of the week
  All I can think of is "What's yellow and smells like bananas?"...
• Commented on Sarah Palin's legal team doesn't understand DNS
  I love it when people get their undies in a bunch over things they neither understand or are able to prevent. As near as I can tell no laws were broken, and no copyright infringement exists here....
• Commented on Good deal on cardboard US flags for caskets
  It's not even an American flag. I can't see around to the top of the flag, but as near as I can tell, it only has ten or eleven stripes. (There should be six stripes below the blue field and...
• Commented on "Your business card is CRAP!"
  Can you say "Self-important tool"? This guy can. Funny thing is, he hasn't a clue that it's self-referential....
• Commented on Time-Warner bandwidth caps cancelled after threats of protests
  News Flash! Comcost quietly instituted a 250GB/Month cap on all residential customers last October. They claim it has always been their policy, but they feel they have to "clarify" it (IE, put it in writing so they can enforce it?)....
• Commented on Fart fight
  So why arrest the guy who fought back? Why not arrest the guy who threw the knife in the first place?...
• Favorited Switch hidden inside a bust of Shakespeare on Boing Boing