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Commented on Man learns that Charles Manson is his biodad
http://www.metafilter.com/86925/He-looks-just-like-him#2835785...
Commented on A programmer's lament on the Apple App Store
While I agree that Apple is shooting itself in the foot, I think their original intentions were somewhat defensible. The key to the iPhone is all about the user experience. By initial control of that experience, both in term of...
Commented on What MP3 player should I buy?
I too, don't get the DRM comment. Not only can you install any MP3s you want, the music from iTunes is now DRM free. http://www.macworld.com/article/138000/2009/01/drm_faq.html...
Commented on Trailer for movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road
As far as post-apocalyptic goes, I was much more impressed with A Canticle for Leibowitz than with The Road....
Commented on Write an iPhone disappointment Haiku in the comments, win a Mophie Juice Pack Air
2g makes me scream 3g, so last century wifi sucks down volts...
Commented on Fresh Greens: You don't need helicopters to kill wolves
That 98% number is pretty disingenuous. If you read the article, they say that "by design" only 2% of the applicants will be accepted....
Commented on Cab Calloway, Betty Boop and Max Fleischer: "The Old Man of the Mountain"
You picked a classic, my favorite Boop. The Old Man of the Mountain shows Betty at her sexiest, and Snow White's Mystery Cave scene is just over the top. Love those St. Jame's Infirmary Blues....
Commented on Cross Dagger
Synchronicity. I just got a copy of Luis Buñuel's Viridiana and was reading the liner notes. The movie was banned in Spain and denounced by the Vatican as blasphemous for a variety of reasons, but among them was the use...
Commented on Apple says no Project Gutenberg for iPhone because some old books are dirty
Sigh. I guess that means they're going to pull Safari next. At least after they see the pictures I've got to show them....
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Commented on New Yorker Film Festival: The 5 Scariest Movies Ever?
Alien - The only movie I almost walked out on because I was so creeped out. That despite the fact my brain was telling me "hey, this is just a classic B movie plot, it's going to pick them off...
Commented on I have touched the Google Android-powered T-Mobile G1 and it is capable, interesting, moderately polished, and will completely baffle the average consumer
I got an iPhone about 2 months ago. I was holding out for Android, but I decided that it was going to be a 1.0 affair while the 3G iPhone was in it's 2.0 incarnation. At the moment I feel...
Commented on Billy O'Reilly meltdown dance mix video
The funny thing is, this makes a great follow-on to the BBC "no news today" video: the way the Brits react to "nothing there" vs. the Americans....
Commented on Medieval fanfic
There's something about that verse that gets in your head. I had Canterbury Tales with me in Mexico, and when a bout of tourista put me totally out of commission for a day, it inspired this little bit of nonsense....
Commented on Seawater spray reduces cold symptoms in kids
It's not surprising that it works, doctors prescribe saline spray all the time. (I find it very helpful myself.) The interesting question would be if seawater works any better than ordinary saline, which I doubt....
Commented on Excellent short film made from public domain footage
Tricon, The Prelinger Archives is a great source for public domain clips. There used to be a yearly contest called Stockstock to make short films out of Prelinger clips, but they sadly seem to have discontinued it. One of my...

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Eamonn42 commented on Man learns that Charles Manson is his biodad
Son of Man. Neil Gaiman wrote a short story about this some time ago. It's in the Smoke and Mirrors collection....
kleer001 commented on Man learns that Charles Manson is his biodad
Hmmm, I'm not too sure about this. Sounds a little fishy to me. In fact, I call shenanigans....
freshacconci commented on Man learns that Charles Manson is his biodad
The crime is first degree murder. It's still murder even if you don't do the physical killing: he set up the situation, the motive, in one case tied the victims up. Hitler didn't personally kill anyone either (as far as I know). Is he still responsible for the Holocaust? (And yes, Godwin's Law and all that, but in this case the comparison is somewhat apt, if not in scale)....
Patrick commented on Man learns that Charles Manson is his biodad
"He was convicted of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders, carried out by members of the group at his instruction. He was found guilty of the murders themselves through the joint-responsibility rule, which makes each member of a conspiracy guilty of crimes his fellow conspirators commit in furtherance of the conspiracy's object.[4][5]" wikipedia of course :) Yes freshacconci is correct. To suggest that Manson is in some fashion of diminished responsibility relative to those who actually physically committed the murders is naive in the extreme. The various leaders in the Balkan wars were responsible for the actions of their followers,...
mikerbaker commented on Man learns that Charles Manson is his biodad
Darth Manson: *I* am your father. Matthew: No. No. That's not true. That's impossible! Darth Manson: Search your feelings, you *know* it to be true! Matthew: [anguished] No! No! I was willing to take this story at face value - it's certainly plausible - but hearing the skeptics, I'm leaning toward the attention whoring side. Let's see the proof....

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