Mechphisto

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• Commented on Ukrainian Teen Serial Killer Gang Document Their Crimes on Cellphone Video
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• Commented on Ukrainian Teen Serial Killer Gang Document Their Crimes on Cellphone Video
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• Commented on HOWTO Make a spider-cake with Pocky legs
  Kinda looks like a possessed Bowler hat. Like the evil hat in the movie _The Robinsons_ :)...
• Commented on You May Be Synaesthetic And Not Know It
  @ #6 "I have always associated personalities to numbers and 3 was indeed a sly, conniving bastard" That's more like slight schizophrenia, not the latent connection between otherwise distinct sensory perception....
• Commented on Britain will make foreigners carry RFID identity cards and will put us in a huge, Orwellian database: the rest of Britain will be next
  OK, seriously, are they TRYING to make the "Children of Men" England a reality??...
• Commented on EFF sues Cheney, Bush, and the NSA to stop illegal wiretapping
  @#6: Maybe EFF should discuss strategy in WoW and make it look like they're discussing a raid. *eg* A 5-figure donation? Man, I'm barely into 5-figure annual salary. Way to make some of us feel like krahp, Cory. =/...
• Commented on The English language in 3000 AD
  Funny how some commentors are making statements, like "I don't really see the basics changing much" and "It's like the author just translated everything into baby talk with some Zs thrown in for good measure" which seems to show they...
• Commented on Bush-McCain "Tijuana Bibles" at DNC
  That which has been seen can not be unseen! O_o...
• Commented on Ethan Persoff's coverage of the Democratic National Convention riot cops
  @#4: The victim in this case is the equivalent of someone standing in a dark alley yelling "Come mug me! Come mug me! I have a thick wallet and am stupid! Come mug me!" I agree if the tale is...
• Commented on Tell Congress to rein in DHS travel abuses
  ok, legal scholars help me out: I absolutely believe what the DHS is doing at the borders is a violation of civil liberties. But I talked to a law student friend of mine (who's not a legal expert per se,...
• Commented on Jewelry created from plasticized human milk
  @#11 Yeah, I think this is kinda weird, myself. But dude, lighten up. Milk, including human milk, is biologically designed to be expressed and consumed. You're comparing that with forcibly removed skin lamps?? :P...
• Commented on UFO turns out to be, er, something commonplace
  Sorry to burst the "I want to believe!" bubble, but you don't have to be baked to mistake the moon for something "unknown"--happens all the time! http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?p=328 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/05/thats-no-moon-oh-wait-yes-it-is/...
• Commented on Dumb-ass anti-terrorism ideas -- patented!
  What's the average reflex saving throw for a terrorist NPC? Anyone have a Monster Manual entry for them? They may have to hire some epic level rogues to design the trap. Seriously, though, anyone can apply for a patent for...
• Commented on Banshee free/open music player for GNU/Linux turns 1.0
  Banshee is cute, but lots of flaws. I've been using Amarok for a couple of years now, and it does everything I could possibly want! Plus, it connects to my Creative Zen mp3 player like nothing else will. Only problem...
• Commented on Little Brother's ParanoidLinux now under development
  @#20 Unfortunately, it looks like Anonym.OS is a dead project, and with outdated configs which prevent one from connecting to the Internets....
• Commented on Woman comes back to life after rigor mortis sets in
  @26.... huh? What did MANCE01 (20) say that sounded the least bit Orwellian? Personally, not only am I an organ donor, but instead of taking up space in a cemetery or contributing to air pollution (cremation) without giving something in...
• Commented on Woman comes back to life after rigor mortis sets in
  Shenanigans! The son is the person who said rigor mortis had set in, not the doctors. My understanding is that rigior mortis is caused not just from lack of blood flow but from chemical changes that occur due to irreversible...
• Commented on Isabella Rossellini's bug porno videos now online
  @#11: OMFG! I'm dying here from laughing so hard. You made my week. :)...
• Commented on Ben Stein: "science leads you to killing people"
  @#24: "Warning!!!! Adolescent ad hominum attack!!! Ben Stein is a complete fucking idiot." Actually, an ad hominum attack would be if you insulted him for something completely unrelated to the argument, like: "He wears ugly ties!" Pointing out the fact...
• Commented on Against Ben Stein's wishes, lizards rapidly evolve after introduction to island
  Crispy Lizard Tail Requires Level 12 Use: Restores 552 health over 24 sec. Must remain seated while eating. If you spend at least 10 seconds eating you will become well fed and gain 6 Stamina and Spirit for 15 min....
• Commented on Against Ben Stein's wishes, lizards rapidly evolve after introduction to island
  FALLOUT 3 better have lizards on a stick! I'm tellin' ya! Evidence: As you can see, scads of people are offering up tons of evidence as to why evolution is viable and working theory. You seem to think that ==...
• Commented on Against Ben Stein's wishes, lizards rapidly evolve after introduction to island
  (By the way, Dawkins did NOT say in Expelled that we came from aliens. When pressed by a very annoying Stein for a hypothesis as to where life came from (which evolution does not even try to address) Dawkin's mentioned...
• Commented on Celebrity robot tee
  The newest Marvin from the movie is on there, but I'm not seeing the BBC Marvin. Am I missing him? Surely they can't be so audacious as to have the movie one and not the original!...
• Commented on Ill. Rep. Monique Davis: it's dangerous for children to know atheists exist, orders atheist to stop testifying
  (Gah, this "text in error" thing is annoying!) 32: Good point! Although, if Christianity is THE sign of the best morality, and atheism is fundamentally amoral and evil, you'd think the number of atheists in prison would still be at...
• Commented on Ill. Rep. Monique Davis: it's dangerous for children to know atheists exist, orders atheist to stop testifying
  Weird...BB messed up my post. Where it says: "Yet: while between 5 and 15% (depending on what polls you read) of Americans are atheist, atheists make up And most Nobel laureates are/were atheists." should read: Yet: while between 5 and...
• Commented on Ill. Rep. Monique Davis: it's dangerous for children to know atheists exist, orders atheist to stop testifying
  I find it odd and sad how vilified atheism is. Gallup polls show most Americans would rather have a gay Muslim as president (nothing wrong with either!! Just you'd think as homophobic and arab-phobic Americans are...) than have an atheist...
• Commented on Wrenching and beautiful before-and-after-death photos
  Unicorn chaser, indeed! (Just not a pre- and post-death unicorn.) I guess I can see how some people find this...beautiful, I guess. But all I can see is reading these peoples' quotes, the horrible sadness and loss. Sure, one woman...
• Commented on London cops declare war on photography
  Why does this remind me of some of the "report suspicious behaviour" posters seen in the background of the film "Children of Men"? Hmm....
• Commented on MIT prof's notorious talk on How to Talk
  Ah man, the video's been BoingBoined. No can looksee. :(...