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• Commented on Write an iPhone disappointment Haiku in the comments, win a Mophie Juice Pack Air
  2g 3g 3Gs I have had them all but I am not satisfied...
• Commented on Write an iPhone disappointment Haiku in the comments, win a Mophie Juice Pack Air
  Wife has iPhone 1 Summer comes, buy a new one She wants the compass...
• Commented on Bank pushing 120% APR loans
  so if you have a $100 check and deposit it and the bank decides to credit your account IMMEDIATELY, does that mean they just charged you a 100% APR on that "loan"? That means that after a year I will...
• Commented on Microsoft's best anti-Apple ad yet
  this appears to be part of a wider campaign. The front page of the NY Times used to have Apple ads, now it has a Windows "Spin before you Spend" ad that is like slot machine, on the left for...
• Commented on Microsoft's best anti-Apple ad yet
  I can see this being applied to new car commercials when the Chinese models start hitting our shores. "I've only got $12,000 to spend on a car and I want leather, climate control and dvd players in the back seats...
• Commented on <em>Star Wars</em> on Betamax
  When Star Wars first came out, I saw it about 13 times over a period of 4 weeks and got to know it quite well. I noticed that over that time the soundtrack was tweaked several times, so Lucas was...
• Commented on The Twenty Weirdest TV Interviews of All Time
  I wish I could find the Tom Snyder/Tomorrow Show interview where he got stuck with a guy who changed his name to a number. He was stuck with him for almost a half hour if I recall and it was...
• Commented on Emailing while asleep
  oops, posted before I read the article, several "sleepwalking" killers are mentioned in there.... hey, I usually don't read the articles....I just read BB!...
• Commented on Emailing while asleep
  as a life long sleepwalker I don't doubt this scenario at all. Usually it is a result of emerging quickly from very deep stage 3 sleep (normally this is a gradual process). You awake and drag all your deep sleep...
• Commented on Soviet-era springwound nuclear submarine clocks = CCCP chic
  I wonder how many of these are repros? for $499 a pop? sounds like a market for repros to me....
• Commented on Flashmob of ATM crooks scores $9 million in 49 cities
  RBS is the Royal Bank of Scotland and they own my "Bank"; Charter One. I received a form letter on January 13 about "a situation involving your personal information. We are investigating fraudulant activity as a result of unauthorized access...
• Commented on BB Video: How's Your News? Comedy/News by Disabled People, Produced by South Park's Matt + Trey.
  I put up with the BBTV commercials to watch this and it was well worth it. This is why I come here is to find out about stuff like this. thanks...
• Commented on M&M's printed with faces
  I had a batch made up for a 12 year old's B-Day once with FISH FLAVOR and TACO FLAVOR on them. He had a blast walking around with a little tin of them and offering them up and the reactions...
• Commented on Aerial shots of London by night -- magic
  @#13: I would kill to have some of the gorgeous night pics as the wallpaper on my computer but you have to pay for the bigger pictures. So you would kill for a larger format image but not pay for...
• Commented on What will you miss about newspapers?
  You missed one thing that is in papers (and TV news as well) that passes for "news": Press Releases I am so tired of reading the paper or watching the news and seeing yet another "product news" story that is...
• Commented on CCTV decals for your toilet
  If you are having a party, try this little experiment: Put a video camera up so it can see everyone in the kitchen (or whereever the people are) Run the feed to a small TV in the bathroom that is...
• Commented on Using Google maps to enter reports of strange smells
  this reminds me, can anyone recommend a "how to" source on how to use Google Maps API on my own site? Is there anything in "Rule The Web" about this? I am not a coder and have read Google's instructions...
• Commented on eBay: More Wiis sold through us than Xbox360s and PS3s put together
  Spot the conspicuously missing item! Any computer running Windows? The latest release of "Little Brother" now translated to Latin?...
• Commented on Vanity Fair on the fate of Lehman Brother bankers
  I have zero sympathy for anyone who borrows $5million using the value of their stock options as collateral. What did they do with the money? If I took out $100K in Cash Advances on all my Credit Cards using NOTHING...
• Commented on A perfect, no-bullshit black rotary telephone that works
  um, I bought one of those SparkFun phones when they were first available in August 2005 and it was pretty bad. the idea was great, implementation was very poor. sound through the handset- very bad, reception poor. I had to...
• Commented on New reality show "Smile, You're Under Arrest"
  the source for this says it was dated 9/3/2007 if anyone cares there is an updated story on the same website: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6614056.html...
• Commented on New reality show "Smile, You're Under Arrest"
  Police Depts have been doing "stings" like this for ages. Usually it involves sending out notices that the person with the warrant has "won" something and they have to go to some address to collect the "prize". When they arrive...
• Commented on Mark Cuban to Obama: "Entrepreneurs will lead us out of this mess. Talk to Them."
  why does this blurb not link directly to Cuban's entire blog post on his own site? why does it link to Newsgang.net? perhaps I am too old to understand the reasons....
• Commented on US Congresspeople Told Martial Law Would Be Imposed if Bailout Bill Didn't Pass
  I heard the same words but perceived it differently. I think that "martial law" may be have been brought up, but only after mentioning that the DOW would drop 3000 points , at which point there would be panic in...
• Commented on The Great Schlep
  @#16 so I guess the other tactic would be to get them to just NOT vote this year?...
• Commented on Company will apply green spraypaint to dead brown lawns of foreclosed homes
  This is the same stuff used by Sports Teams and Golf Courses to keep their turf looking good no matter what. Here is one major brand: Greenlawnger I used to use this stuff in the Film Industry (they still do),...
• Commented on Why can't America call its torture *torture*?
  I was watching an interview with Justice Anthony Scalia and defining torture came up. His response is one of the reasons we can't get anywhere on this issue. Paraphrasing as I can't find a link to what the hell it...
• Commented on First Microsoft ad with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld
  remember the Infinity commercials back when? they never showed the car, never really addressed what they were advertising. who is the audience for this? what is the product? a computer you can eat? a computer that is uncomfortable when you...
• Commented on How to watch videos while driving
  hey that gives me an idea for MAKE! get two iPhones or iTouches and set them side by side on the dash so you get 2 screen images reflected,press play at the same time, focus on infinity and you will...
• Commented on Olympic logo cops enforce stupid rules with masking tape
  a bit of Googling shows I was not alone seeing the tape on the Chinese swimmer's Speedo. I wish I had a screen cap of it. and the tape/bandage over the tattoos makes sense now too. My wife and I...