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• Commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
  Vadim Ponorovsky is channeling Ayn Rand. Assuming Cory's reporting is accurate, this person would seem to suffer the behavioral disorder known as Pathological Assholery. Pathological Assholery is a maladaptive behavioral disorder where the sufferer rationalizes their own antisocial, destructive...
• Commented on Vatican conference on ETs
  To my mind, having the Vatican host a conference on the theological implications of Extraterrestrial life is like a young-Earth creationist hosting a conference on the implications of mitochondrial DNA on the age of the Earth. -S...
• Commented on Sweet, inadvertent Sesame Street PSA for gay marriage
  Are you sure about that Cory? I mean, everything I've been seeing about gay marriage on television tells me that its only purpose is to destroy the sanctity of straight marriage. Perhaps this child simply didn't watch enough television? -S...
• Commented on Progressive activists tussle over Islam and homophobia
  I agree, this post is a really confusing mess. The version of this article cached in Google Reader is somewhat different than the version on the live BoingBoing site. Gone are references to pinkies being twisted off which, I guess,...
• Commented on What to do if you smell a terrorist
  I smell a Rat.... oh, wait. That would be iRAT rather than iWATCH. -S...
• Commented on Worst. Doorknob. Ever.
  Once again, life imitates Joss Whedon: http://www.twoevilmonks.org/firefly/season1/ff103p05.htm (Scroll to middle of Page) -Sean...
• Commented on London cops finally apologise for mugging geek -- four years later
  What's the British colloquialism for "Apology NOT accepted." ? -Sean...
• Commented on American health care UI: snapshot
  Yeah, its ugly on the eyes but I agree with Xeni: I'm sure it works perfectly. Its almost certainly a mainframe application which has been used for decades, survived Y2K in-tact and runs on expensive but hyper-reliable mainframe hardware. Users...
• Commented on Appreciation for a forgotten typewriter
  My parents owned a typewriter repair shop in Berkeley forever. I worked there as a kid and so I have a complicated relationship with typewriters. One thing that was obvious even to my 15-year-old self was that manual typewriters were...
• Commented on Continental imprisons 50 passengers overnight in grounded plane with no food, overflowing toilets
  #27 posted by dhalgren This is absolutely insane. Since when do we lose our supposed rights once we enter an airport and an airplane and don't get them back until after we leave the airplane and airport again. I...
• Commented on What's So "Smart" About An Automated Kitchen?
  Looks like Rudyard Kipling threw up all over the Pirates of the Caribbean. Tastes vary but you would think a design firm would have some taste. Also, what happens if the power goes out? Do you starve? -Sean...
• Commented on TED Talk: Elaine Morgan says we evolved from aquatic apes
  P.Z. Meyers weighed in on the aquatic ape theory the other day. It's complete nonsense; its proponents spew out a lot of inconsistent and mutually contradictory noise to 'support' their claims, and there is no evidence anywhere for such a...
• Commented on Pranknet's Skype "phone assaults" detailed, head bully in charge lives with his mommy
  I think this illustrates why I find the likes of Charlie Todd and Improv-Everywhere so irritating. Ultimately, a lot of the so-call culture-jammers are motivated by a nothing more than need to control and a desire to fuck with people....
• Commented on X-Men Universe Relationship Map
  Where's Northstar and who's he connected to? -S...
• Commented on "Kurzweil will probably die"
  It just goes to show that even very intelligent, rational people can have their sacred cows... and Kurzweil is up to his neck in sacred cow poo. Eventually, the poo will get him, possibly as Schwal describes: through his use...
• Commented on MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design
  My 4-year-old inner-child's critique: The transparent walls will be immediately defaced. The touch-screens spread germs. The numbers on the side are inscrutable. The open design allows wind and rain into the enclosure, defeating its primary purpose. The razor-sharp seat discourages...
• Commented on Physical Cosmologies: The Shining
  I have absolutely no idea what the author means. I dare not click on the link, for fear my meso-American glyphically-continuous cognitive schism will start Shining. Or something. -Sean...
• Commented on Creepy CCTV posters in the Brighton, UK train station
  Cory, Have you considered moving back to The Bay Area? We don't have quite as many CCTV cameras as in Brighton - except, of course, in poor neighborhoods. And no one is unreasonably monitored... at least, no one worth mentioning....
• Commented on App Store, I love you but you're bringing me down
  Well, as an application developer who's thinking of making the jump to wireless apps, Apple's sandbox filled with crushed glass is definitely a turn-off. Then again, Google's sandbox appears to be BYOS (Bring Your Own Sand). My Kingdom for a...
• Commented on ETs could use stars to signal us
  As is so often the case, if it weren't for graduate students... nothing would get done. -S...
• Commented on EFF, ACLU sue over wiretapping law
  While I support the ACLU and EFF's efforts in this matter, I'm having trouble believing it won't be all for nothing. This lawsuit will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court - a Supreme Court which recently upheld the 800-year...
• Commented on Steampunk keyboard from Datamancer
  Danger Cory, Danger! Steampunk is a slippery slope. It starts with cute brass-goggles. Then continues with a brass steam-watch. Now you're blogging on a steam-powered keyboard from a hot-air balloon. You're just a one dimensional jump away from becoming an...
• Commented on Hackers on Planet Earth NYC announces keynote speakers
  Pardon my ignorance, but why is this "The Last HOPE" ? -Sean...
• Commented on Former RIAA CEO is the Huffington Post's new political director
  Hilary Rosen's former partner was Elizabeth Birch, one-time director of the Human Rights Campaign. That seems like an unholy alliance if there ever was one. Apparently, progressive values aren't transitive. That is, just because you hold a thoughtful, progressive stance...
• Commented on Montana Governor explains why Real ID sucks
  The link seems to point to an edited version of the interview. I listened to the whole thing and most of the Governor's statements, quoted above, are missing. Anybody have a link to the full interview? -S...
• Commented on Funny story about computer confiscation in Denmark
  If it makes you feel any better, Bruce Schneier keeps an open WiFi access point. He's not too worried about it. -Sean...