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Commented on BFF project: drawings of two friends as one person
Creepily like the (only somewhat) deranged kid in "Murder by Numbers" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264935/)...
Commented on Nalgene changes plastic recipe amid health concerns
Has anyone realized the "recipe" under scrutiny is, to the best of my knowledge, Lexan, the polycarbonate whose patent is owned by GE? The Times article (or maybe Trailspace.com) also refers to outdoor company GSI working hard to rid its...
Commented on Unusual home invasion in Ohio (Update: <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">fake?</span> real!)
Yeah, if you look close, you can see what seems to be another brief's text ABOVE the highlighted brief. It looks like they just cut up the Ohio paper's brief rail and stuck it on this story. That said, the...
Commented on Augmented reality system filters out moving objects
Does anyone else think this could have a real-world application as a way to weed out terrorists and other ne'er-do-wellers loitering around buildings to scope out their security systems and accessways? Or have I just seen way too many spy...
Commented on Cloverfield's visual gaffe -- stuff movie sf usually gets wrong
Also, the "card" is identified by the "DOD" as "digital SD card recovered from area formerly known as Central Park," but the D in SD stands for digital!...
Commented on Pacifist Warcraft player trying to hit the top without killing anything
>> Both of them always wield a fishing rod, so any >> accidental hits won't increase their weapon >> skills. > > so long as they don't go near any rivers... Yeah, is this a vegan character?...
Commented on Mid-century classic gadgets photo-set
Unless I'm interpreting the picture wrong, the lighter aspect is heating coils underneath the speaker plate? So you could burn your face off while on the phone?...
Commented on Video tribute to designer Paul Rand - video
You may find it vile, but it is instantly recognizable at any size, shape, color or distance — the mark of a well designed, iconic logo. Long live Paul Rand's work. Shame on UPS for changing it...
Commented on Great firewall of China blocks RSS
Hey there, comrade, that's the People's Republican Great Firewall of China for Glorious Furtherment of Beating Down the Western Dogs' Substandard Ideologies you're talking about...
Commented on Hidden bear in Toblerone logo
AND anyone see the fish suspiciously placed rather close to the bear's er, nether regions? Hmm........

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arkizzle / Moderator commented on Cloverfield's visual gaffe -- stuff movie sf usually gets wrong
Agnot From what I could read.. See it, or GTFO. (yes, I totally missed this post the first time around)...
arkizzle / Moderator commented on Cloverfield's visual gaffe -- stuff movie sf usually gets wrong
#86 AGNOT "I review movies in advance routinely. Thereby I avoid wasting time and money. To tell you the truth, I can't remember ever being wrong although I am sure I must have been pleasantly surprised once or twice." "Reviewing any art is necessary." I can say with absolute certainty, that your way of viewing/enjoying/experiencing film/art is the very antithesis of mine. I avoid any fore-knowledge of films, trailers are my bane. I avoid them like the plague. Either I explore films or get news of "a great movie" through the grapevine. I want to start at the start and...
vetlemakt commented on Pacifist Warcraft player trying to hit the top without killing anything
I don't believe this is doable. Theoretically possible, yes. But doable? I mean, it would take full concentration at all times when travelling, and doing only non-combat quests? That would make getting to 80 VERY difficult. Maybe you have to try the same quest over and over and over and over again before eventually getting there, and then the next one shows to be even harder. If you were doing it for world peace, I am sure you could muster motivation and time for it. But if it's just a wouldn't-it-be-cool-if-project I am afraid you will have a hard time....
mayari commented on Hidden bear in Toblerone logo
The Toblerone factory is located in Bern and the bear is the animal you can find on the flag of our city and canton. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bern I was once told that as Toblerone couldn't patent the mountain called Matterhorn (often used as a symbol for Switzerland) as their logo (because of a copyright law reasons) so they registered the bear as their logo. Though, not double checked if this story is true....
Manko commented on Hidden bear in Toblerone logo
Yah, the Bern bear is a pithy and odd city mascot indeed...story goes, the first Bernese said they'd name the town after the first animal they killed there hunting (kinda like how suburban developers name subdivisions and streets after the trees and wildlife they clear out in construction), which was a bear, and a pregnant bear at that. So in the city museum there's a stuffed fetal bear cub, supposedly the original, bravely holding a little fetal-bear-sized sword and shield. Anyway, this is kinda an example of the local tribalism that lurks below the surface of nationalism, especially in a...

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