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• Commented on Oligarch's yacht has a laser anti-photo screen
  I've been wondering for a while if a system like this could be installed on a car to defeat speed / red light cameras. Tie it in with your www.trapster.com account and GPS, and the lasers could start firing as...
• Commented on R. Crumb unsuccessfully attempts to flatten a 78 record in the oven
  If recovering the audio is the goal, as opposed to restoring the record, it might be worth while to get in touch with these guys http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~springer/ (before destroying the next one). Looks like the technique is far from perfected, but...
• Commented on Boulder park warns that all bags "subject to search"
  Stefan, it looks like your saying that our right to be free from unreasonable searches changes depending on what day it is. I'm thinking that's not the case. On top of that, I find it rather ironic that the 4th...
• Commented on Corrupted files for sale to students to buy extra time
  The service makes sense to me. If you can't figure out how to make a 'corrupted' file on your own, you might be stupid enough to pay for one....
• Commented on Sarah's Smash Shack: rental rooms you can smash crockery in
  Exactly what people were thinking when they took the time to drop of their old stuff at good will....
• Commented on MomSourcing: Outsource Your Mother's Day Phone Call
  If I only knew what time they'd call, so I could call shortly afterwords, I'd be all for it....
• Commented on Police in Denmark hug bicyclists without helmets, then give them helmets
  Opps, never mind. This works just fine- http://www.youtube.com/v/vWF4x01MkzE&hl=en&fs=1...
• Commented on Police in Denmark hug bicyclists without helmets, then give them helmets
  Video is borked (at least for me it is). Anyone have a mirror?...
• Commented on Border patrol alleged to have beat up and tazed pastor, smashed his car, on US soil, because he insisted on 4th Amendment rights
  Towards the end,somewhere after the 20 minute mark, one of the agents asks him if he got the idea from https://www.checkpointusa.org/. I haven't spent much time there yet, but it looks like it may be interesting....
• Commented on Border patrol alleged to have beat up and tazed pastor, smashed his car, on US soil, because he insisted on 4th Amendment rights
  @10 Darren, And those are the things that make him a good choice to bring this to a trial in Texas......
• Commented on Terrifying, Gory Workplace Safety PSA Horror-Video
  That video looked like it was made by the guys at Tromaville. I think I might just need to watch the Toxic Avenger again this weekend....
• Favorited BBtv vlog (Xeni): ATT-NSA whistleblower Mark Klein, EFF legal director Cindy Cohn on Boing Boing
• Commented on Utterly Nuts, but Sane Enough to Execute in Texas
  Definitely not wonderful....
• Commented on People who use barrels to catch rain from their roofs breaking law, says State of Colorado
  The CBC put out an (imho) excellent documentary titled 'The Corporation'. One of the segments covers when Bechtel did this in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Add it to your Net Flix queue today! http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Corporation/60034810?lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strkid=2133491498_0_0...
• Commented on NBC Stars Whimper About Jon Stewart's Skewering of CNBC
  Cramer explains how he manipulates the market and how it's OK because the SEC doesn't understand what he's doing. http://www.youtube.com/v/ZWVmlxhk-tU&hl=en&fs=1...
• Commented on Embroidered MRI slice
  Looked like a Baker's cyst to me as well. Good thing I don't read embroidered MRI's for a living ;)...
• Commented on Amazon User Reviews of "Playmobil TSA Checkpoint" Put the "LOL" in "Lost Liberties"
  Some real winners in the "Customers Who Bought Related Items Also Bought" section....
• Commented on Chocolate Beer
  The Youngs Double Chocolate that comes in a can with the nitrogen widget is much better than the bottle version, IMHO. I feel the same way about Guinness....
• Commented on Iraq Shoe Tosser Guy: The Animated Gifs
  He moves to his left and hides behind the Iraqi. I'm not sure what that means, but I'm sure it's important....
• Commented on McCain-Palin campaign dumps Blackberries loaded with personal numbers, internal email
  WTF, they don't even bother to password protect them??? The device will wipe itself if an incorrect password is entered to many times....
• Commented on Please oh please: Don't let the sequel to Repo Man suck
  If it sucks I will blame society....
• Commented on Guy teaches his dog to say "Obama."
  'm wth Wgwm. Instead of spending time on mundane house work, the dog's owner chooses to spend his time teaching his dog esoteric tricks. Talking dogs FTW!...
• Commented on Fake Disney movie trailer for the Sarah Palin story
  Putin was mentioned again... Medvedev is (theoretically) the leader of Russia, not Putin. The fact that we keep talking about Putin makes me wonder if Cheney gets as much attention in other parts of the world....
• Commented on Man flies personal jet wing across English Channel
  #5 A parachute is mentioned in the second sentence... Looks like a lot of fun. I want to try it out....
• Commented on Why can't America call its torture *torture*?
  Maybe one of these days W will have to stand before the 'explain yourself person' and then spend some time in the 'think about what you've done place.'...
• Commented on Palin's Yahoo email account hacked, contents posted to Wikileaks
  The site appears to be down for me. Anyone have a mirror?...
• Commented on Retro double kitchen-timer
  I've been looking for something just like this! I need them in pale green and tomatoe though. The search goes on......
• Commented on SWAT team raids mayor, shoots family dog because someone mailed them pot
  I'm got $50 to match Joe MommaSan's If anyone thinks the people that did this will out of a job. In fact, what I think will happen is they'll get a short vacation, after which they'll receive a promotion....
• Commented on SWAT team raids mayor, shoots family dog because someone mailed them pot
  Dog catchers figured out a long time ago how to safely capture dogs. Maybe a little cross training is in order. That's probably not as much fun if you're the kind of guy that likes to shoot dogs though......
• Commented on Interview with Charlie Angus, Canadian MP who's fighting the Canadian DMCA
  Flash only?? Anyone one find a version I can listen to on my portable player?...