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• Commented on Tales from a kangaroo shooter
  Kangaroo meat is not only healty (lots of vitamins and protein, almost no fat), but roos are also good for the envirionment: Roos eat only the top of the grass, leaving the lower part of the plant to bind the...
• Commented on Inebriated woman falls in front of oncoming train
  That's one train driver that will need a fresh set of undies. Remember, kids: If you're going to off yourself, don't jump in front of a train. Train drivers don't need the nightmares....
• Commented on Animal with the longest penis (relative to its size!)
  Rejoice, fellow humans, for we (Homo Sapiens) have the largest penis relative to body size of any primate. If you ever feel 'small', recall that an adult mountain gorilla's erect penis is 3 cm long, in spite of the fact...
• Commented on Replacing $100K diagnostic chip fab with Shrinky-Dinks and a laser-printer
  Aren't her elbows bending the wrong way in that picture? I vaguely remember reading that women's elbows, on average, bend further back than men's elbows. It's one of the ways they can tell a female skeleton from a male skeleton....
• Commented on Danish anti-piracy group gives up
  That's not actually true. WP section discussing this common misconception here. In any case, the Danish judicial system applies what they call 'Uskyldsformodning' - presumption of innocence. In other words, the accuser has to prove the guilt of the accused....
• Commented on Anti-vaccine fear versus science
  Someone mentioned Chicken Pox. Varicella [the virus that causes Chicken Pox] also accounts for significant morbidity (4000 hospitalizations per year) and mortality (50-100 deaths per year) in otherwise healthy children;[...]...
• Commented on Advisor: My husband has a virtual girlfriend
  I think this comes down to the fact that men are simple. Methinks someone is having a spot of self-esteem issues. Maybe that's got something to do with his addiction?...
• Commented on British tabloids endanger lives with bad reporting on cervical cancer vaccine
  I'm torn about this. On one hand, it's irresponsible and deplorable. On the other hand, if you believe a single word written in these tabloids, maybe the world is better off without you. I could be thought of as a...
• Commented on Industrial robotic pancake production video
  Re: Overkill versus a gravity-based system. It's insanely hard to build gravity-based stacking systems, as things that fall off conveyors tend to tumble. A ramp would solve that, but it would have to be the exact correct height - not...
• Commented on Oligarch's yacht has a laser anti-photo screen
  @wylkyn: Because the government is evil and out to destroy us. Didn't you get the memo?...
• Commented on Samoan motorists switch to driving on the left
  Driving on the left hand side of the road makes more sense. Here's why: You give way to traficants from the right. In countries with left-hand traffic, this always applies. In countries with right-hand traffic, this does not apply to...
• Commented on Baby chicks ground up alive: animal rights video goes viral
  @#21 Atomix That's actually a good solution. I wish more people would think like you do instead of having a massive morality flamewar....
• Commented on Random ham radio trollfight audio (explicit)
  "S&M trolls communicating via messenger pigeons"... someone get on that right away! Already been done. Yes, I do believe the guy in the red fedora is Richard Stallman....
• Commented on Atheists who'll take in your pets after the Rapture
  More importantly, if my cat is raptured, where can i find an atheist kitten?...
• Commented on Why we walk in circles without directional cues
  @23 - in that case we would walk in clockwise circles on one the southern hemisphere and counter-clockwise on the northern. So maybe #20 Fennel is on to something. Also, I think the Coriolis force (yes, I know it's a...
• Commented on Video snapshot: "Topless rights" protest hosted by Raëlian UFO clone sex cult
  Come on, lumping religions that have 2k years of thought behind them[...] Quantity does not equal quality....
• Commented on What would you do with a Class C IP block?
  I'm with the ones that say 'hoard it to force the IPv6 changeover sooner'....
• Commented on Report: Mercury found in every single fish tested in study of US rivers, streams
  Most of the mercury in fish stems from coal-fired power plants, as coal contains traces of mercury (and other nasties, like uranium) that goes up the chimney with the CO2 and sulfur....
• Commented on Barney Frank pwns crazy lady at "town hall" meeting, effectively invoking Godwin's law.
  #122, Hug G: "We reap the crop of an uneducated electorate and the excessive influence of money in politics." Indeed. I'd be willing to bet that lady is home schooled....
• Commented on Barney Frank pwns crazy lady at "town hall" meeting, effectively invoking Godwin's law.
  That's one awesome beatdown. I almost feel sorry for the nutbag. Here's another reply that I think I would have been funny, but would probably not have made it onto TV: "Why do you support these Nazi policies?" "Becauze I...
• Commented on Robot negotiates with mentally ill man who threatened White House (UPDATED)
  Ooo, Brobots! That's for when you have no one to watch football with, right? In a reversal of the normal order of things, I hope scientists delay development of the Brobot until after they have perfected the Hobot....
• Commented on Slate's "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" finds out what kind of doomsayer you are
  This "Christianity" he describes sounds like nothing encountered here on Earth. That's because all the truly Christian nations have been bulldozed by invaders, duh! I guess putting xtianity up there as a force of evil in itself, along with militant...
• Commented on Chief energy economist says oil reserves are drying up more quickly than previously thought
  Nuclear is relatively safe and clean. And by relative I mean relative to coal. To get X amount of energy from coal, far more must be mined than from Uranium or Thorium, which means far higher risks of mining accidents...
• Commented on America makes nothing except weapons -- UPDATED
  Obviously a reference to entertainment not involving identical twins who are separated at birth, with one raised by a poor but virtuous family and the other by a rich but evil family. Musical hilarity ensues. How about entertainment involving twins...
• Commented on America makes nothing except weapons -- UPDATED
  America dominates in software and entertainment [...] Have you heard of a little place called India?...
• Commented on Japanese auto-fogging glasses prevent long stares at the computer screen
  Could you hook up a webcam to do the same? Detect faces in front of the screen, and if one of them doesn't blink for X seconds, slowly fade the screen to black until a blink is detected. Someone should...
• Commented on We're in the Future: Scientists Warn of Robot Overlords
  @Rindan #4: I agree, mostly. I don't think the problem of humans taking human jobs is a laughing matter - today I barely escaped with my life after being attacked by hungry bank tellers made redundant by ATMs....
• Commented on India plans reform school for monkeys
  Good idea. Maybe it would be better to start educating them while they're young, before they become offenders. I can see this taking off, well-educated monkeys could hold down simple jobs - earning their keep while still being, essentially, free...
• Commented on Artist takes $190,000 out of bank because they won't give him a mortgage
  I live in Australia and Westpac have to be the worst bank ever. You have obviously never banked with National Australia Bank. Thusly named because they'll NAB your money....
• Commented on ATM to guy depositing California state IOU: "Come back without a [registered] warrant."
  See also: Tragedy of the commons....