JimXugle

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• Commented on Dear Britain, please stop helping the fascists
  Banning a political party is a form of fascism. Free speech is for everyone, not just those who you agree with. Give these people a podium. Let them say what they think. Let them be ridiculed and humiliated into oblivion...
• Commented on Olympic Committee Member to Chicago bid team: US Customs is "harrowing experience"
  Grendel, an awesome Harsh EBM/Industrial band from the Netherlands, just had to "postpone" (IPA: /kænsəl̩/) their US tour due to the fine print attached to the Entertainer's visa. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=8514842&blogId=512343014 tl;dr: Immigration wants 2 europeans to come over as a "band",...
• Commented on Giant jellyfish invade Japan
  But are they edible?...
• Commented on European roaming charges now set by law -- and still high
  *muttering to himslef* More competition in the mobile market place would have eventually lead one company to sign a mutuality agreement with a foreign carrier, thus opening the floodgates to similar agreements. */muttering*...
• Commented on Comcast: Most Pittsburghers to get double internet speed at no extra cost
  I'm out past Monroeville, just into Westmoreland County and I'm currently getting 5Mbit/s. Granted, this is during Internet Rush Hour in a suburban neighborhood. I'll get back to you all at 4AM EST....
• Commented on Zombie haiku contest -- best entry wins the game of Plants vs. Zombies
  Blood-soaked I may be but sometimes I need some nom Brains, medium-well....
• Commented on BB Video - Miles O'Brien Reports: An Astronaut Climbs Everest
  Xeni, I think you mean http://instantrimshot.com/...
• Commented on Afghanistan's only pig in quarantine
  Nobody sees the problem with it being the *only* pig in the entire country and being under quarantine??...
• Commented on Nifty gaming gadget administers nitrous oxide to kids
  when I was a little kid, this would have scared the shit out of me anyway....
• Commented on freaky food fun: Insert dried spaghetti into hot dogs, then boil
  I second Cthulhu bits!...
• Commented on Obama's "reset button" metaphor: which is more correct, "restart," "reboot," or "reset"?
  "restart" = "to start again" "reboot" = "to power cycle through software means" "reset" = "to change back to the initial state" ... at least in my mind....
• Commented on British local governments deploy anti-teenager pink lights designed to make kids ashamed of their appearance
  Some glow sticks, an iPod, a set of cheap speakers and BAM! Instant rave....
• Commented on Obama's diplomatic gift to UK leader fubared by DRM
  Aren't region 0 players legal in the UK?...
• Commented on Giant orc statue on Blizzard's lawn
  Nerf the horde!...
• Commented on Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy?
  @#126 Best Chinese/Asian food place in Pittsburgh is about half a block east of the museum on Forbes. I recommend the Iced Green Apple Black Bubble Tea. Map: http://tinyurl.com/bvb6sl...
• Commented on Obama sushi
  @Cory Bingo. You can refrain from buying a shirt. Refusing payment in legal tender will void a debt in a lot of states....
• Commented on Obama sushi
  @ 13strong thats when you say "Well, his name is Che Guevara. He was an Argentinian revolutionary who's political ideology authorized the slaughter of thousands of political dissidents and their families, including women and children. The government that he helped...
• Commented on Hard-drive to hard-drive duplicator gizmo
  dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc bs=512 or, if you want to get fancy and have a status bar... pv /dev/sdb >> /dev/sdc or, if you're on Windows, you drop $450 on this piece of hardware to do what free software (and OSX...
• Commented on Giant squid cake
  WoW geek here. Seems like the perfect cake for US-Lightninghoof, where shouting "GIANT SQUIDS!" at someone is a common greeting....
• Commented on Unintentionally funny video challenging Barack Obama's citizenship
  What a punchline!...
• Commented on XKCD versus Hitler versus Vista
  I can personally confirm that Windows 7 is the antichrist, as chronicled on Slashdot....
• Commented on Petition to make clean water a human right
  Any "right" that requires someone else to do work is not a right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_and_positive_rights...
• Commented on Please oh please: Don't let the sequel to Repo Man suck
  You got my hopes up. I thought you were talking about Repo! The Genetic Opera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzgpU25C6fg&fmt=18 Awesome movie >.>...
• Commented on Hungarian sausage commercial
  I'm a language geek. Written Hungarian and turkish to a lesser extent give me headaches. However after watching that video, my head feels fine. Can any other language geek who is geekier than me explain this?...
• Commented on Unlocking an iPhone 3G the Vietnamese way
  SIM-unlocking wouldn't be much of a big deal if carriers would charge sane amounts for international roaming. If I make a call on the AT&T network in the USA, it's about $0.09/minute. A mile across the Canadian border, the price...
• Commented on Uke, washboard, and kazoo music from 1928
  I think you just found the world's oldest music video....
• Commented on Your Shoe Is Jacked into My Eye
  It's a warning. "Do not kick people in the face when you have heals full of data."...
• Commented on Conservatives irked by "ostentatiously exotic" pronunciation of Pakistan
  So he chooses to use a soft A... so? I pronounce "missile" as "miss-ayel" (the british way) not "missul" (the "american" way)....
• Commented on You May Be Synaesthetic And Not Know It
  0 is white 1 is black 2 is red 3 is blue 4 is green 5 is sortof a burnt orange 6 is a blueish-green 7 is yellow 8 is dark green... almost black 9 and above don't have colors....
• Commented on Pig traps woman in home
  Quick! Somebody submit this story on the Bacon Subreddit!...