Aaron

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• Commented on Let's blow up the moon
  You know, I always liked Earth, cool planet and all, but now it looks kinda boring after I have seen how awesome it would look with rings. :( Clearly something future generations will have to work towards. ^_^...
• Commented on An evening of confusion with Dell customer service
  Man, some of the criticism this article gets is mindboggling. Some perspective from the other end of the phone line: I work as a call center agent. Not for Dell and not in the US, but in Austria for a...
• Commented on Teacher asks YA author if virtual visit can take place "with us being able to see you, but you not being able to see us"
  Clearly, this school is actually a private nudist school and everybody is naked. Only reasonable explanation I can think of....
• Commented on Climate Camp to London cops: We won't tell you where the next camp is because you keep beating the crap out of us
  Cute. ^_^...
• Commented on Eclipse Phase: CC-licensed tabletop singularity RPG
  A more creative (Creative Commons) transhuman RPG is Sufficiently AdvancedA game I can highly recommend, even if one only plans to steal a bunch of nifty stuff from it for other games. That said, open licensing schemes have been with...
• Commented on Google Announces full-scale Operating System: ChromeOS is here
  #5: "Would you prefer a world where Microsoft sets browser standards and everyone has to run Windows or be locked out?" Because that's OBVIOUSLY the only alternative to Googles Data Kraken getting a wider and wider reach and having more...
• Commented on Cyberwar guide for Iran elections
  #1: And if we accept that, how do we know that you're not somebody from the Iranian SF infiltrating BB to spread distrust against the protesters? ^_^ The paranoia game, endless fun for the whole family. (Or maybe I'm CIA...
• Commented on Apple says no Project Gutenberg for iPhone because some old books are dirty
  Ok, I think I need some explaining: My father bought an iPod Touch a few days ago (He wants to use it as a remote for his HiFi set.) and while setting it up and fiddling with it, I browsed...
• Commented on Pogue reviews the MiFi personal hotspot from Verizon
  I'm completely clueless about Mobile Internet plans in the US but ... is 40$ for 250 MB normal? For that price, one gets at least a gig here in Austria, and that's with a prepaid card. Actual contracts generally have...
• Commented on Psiphon: critique from a crypto community member
  That was pretty much what I thought when I read the BB post. It's easy to say "Yes, I can provide security/anonymity/privacy", anybody can do that. It's another thing to actually do so in an honest and, most importantly, verifiable...
• Commented on Fon releases open meshing WiFi router
  Disclaimer: While I am an "Informed User"-kinda guy, I'm not what I'd call a specialist. With that in mind, I'm wondering just purpose the OLPC/mesh-capability of the Fonero 2.0 really serves. As I see it, this could basically do two...
• Commented on Red states consume more porn?
  I am Jacks utter lack of surprise... ^_^...
• Commented on EVE Online tries the World of Democracycraft experiment
  @6: "It is both far more boring and far more fun than people give it credit for." Yeah, it's kinda weird that way. ^_^ I had to cancel my subscription as I'm currently without CC, but I'm missing it. A...
• Commented on Working calculator made in <em>Little Big Planet</em>, a PS3 sandbox game
  Wow....
• Commented on <em>Rule 34 Showdown</em> IRC Event on #boingboing
  Last time this happened, it was said the resulting pictures would be collected someplace. Did that ever happen? Because hearing about how awesome it was last time without being able to see the results is kinda sucky....
• Commented on Bill O'Reilly on Sarah Palin email hack
  Wow, watching this video made my brain try to crawl out through my ears....
• Commented on Plastic Logic's sleek, slim, touchscreen e-reader
  Clearly, this thing is doomed already. Either it will have some crippling flaws, be expensive as hell or just never actually hit the market. Why? Because I can't believe that I'd see a e-book reader I'd spend money on in...
• Commented on That Violet Blue thing
  #91:"If the NYT decided to "unpublish" material from a person who had fallen out of favor with its editors, I doubt BoingBoing would cut them much slack." Yep, I can just imagine. -_-' Sure, in the end the editors can...
• Commented on Burger King Tray liners feature vegetable porn?
  Now that's some cool advertising. I love it. ^_^...
• Commented on D.C. to require ID to enter certain neighborhoods?
  You know, looking into the US from the outside becomes more and more sureal. Like a very weird Slow-Motion Trainwreck. In pink. Using clowns as drivers. Really, really weird. Still, good luck with that, hope it get's stopped fast....
• Commented on Signing Little Brother this afternoon at Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle
  Now if only you crossed the pond and visited Vienna again. That would be cool, especially as I missed it the last time you were here......
• Commented on US Air Force wants "full control" of "any and all" computers
  "As we broaden and dilute the definition of "our enemies", when do we get to recognize the diminishing returns and futility of playing technology catch-up and consider actual solutions like conflict resolution, fair dialogue, etc...?" Dude, that's crazy talk. What...
• Commented on Little Brother downloads are live!
  Jeff, I'm tempted to say "If you have to ask, chances are you're not going to get it", because it feels like there is some fundamental disconnect between us. I mean, there are loads of stuff I do that I'll...
• Commented on Little Brother downloads are live!
  #3: I think the pdfs not even up yet. I sent my pdf version to Cory but I actually assume that somebody else has done so before and it will be put up in time. For those who want a...
• Commented on Little Brother downloads are live!
  If I rewrite a book as, for exaple, a movie script, or a play, or a comic, then thats a Re-mix too. As for your specific example, I'm pretty sure that Cory wouldn't see that as rude, quite to the...
• Commented on New Dungeons and Dragons license less sleazy than I believed?
  @17: Personally, I think with the new edition coming up you have to separate two things: The criticism of the actual game and the criticism of the proposed licensing. The people hesitant to switch are in the "criticism of the...
• Commented on New Dungeons and Dragons license less sleazy than I believed?
  "There will also be a new Open Gaming License that will presumably be much less restrictive to allow for variations on the theme." Ehm, you got a source for that? Because from what I've read so far (Which might be...
• Commented on IRC Game "Rule 34 Challenge" Starts in 60 Minutes on FreeNode #boingboing
  What Rich said. It's been a while and we want our weird porn!!! ^_^...
• Commented on Why Linux will never get consumer market share
  Wow, reading some of the later comments in the Lifejournal is really, really depressing. Like, everything that's wrong with the internet, compressed into a 1000+ posts. And it tanked an IMO very interesting idea, what a shame....
• Commented on Honor payment system problems at unmanned produce stands in Japan
  "Honor payment systems are good hearted ideas, but they do not work in the real world, people like free stuff." Huh, somebody better tell the Deewan here in Vienna, which has been operating on a "all you can eat, pay...