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• Commented on What MP3 player should I buy?
  I don't understand the "DRM built in" business. My iPod is full of mp3's I either ripped myself or downloaded from music blogs and I'm not aware of any limitations on what I can do with them....
• Commented on est reincarnated
  I pay to go to workshop that's supposed to be for my benefit and somebody tells me I can't leave to go to the bathroom? That's pretty much the end of that for me. This Landmark thing has been around...
• Commented on Chemex coffee brewing guide
  The best coffee I've ever had was from a Cona vacuum pot, but there's no denying that cleanup is a pain in the ass. Good for company, not so much the morning cuppa....
• Commented on Blue Food Coloring Un-Paralyzes Rats
  Mice ≠ rats. These are rats. The difference between the two animals as analogs to humans in biological research is significant....
• Commented on Man, our president is cool.
  I remember seeing picture 2 right after the inauguration and thinking it was one of the best pictures of any famous person I've ever seen. Also, I'm glad we could skip immediately past the poster's intended point about Obama's personal...
• Commented on Rushkoff on Apple fanboy rage at Steve Jobs for having the audacity to have had a liver transplant
  I just read the whole thing and that is really a baffling piece. I like much of what I've seen of Rushkoff's, and I basically agree with his premise at least so far as it's ugly and pointless for people...
• Commented on Rushkoff on Apple fanboy rage at Steve Jobs for having the audacity to have had a liver transplant
  Huh. It would be fair to call me an Apple fanboy, if you like throwing around such names, and I consume a fair amount of Apple-related media (news/rumors sites, podcasts, etc) and I haven't picked up a whiff of this...
• Commented on The Wearable Towel
  My favorite feature of advertisements for this kind of product is the "problem that's not actually a problem" that the product purports to solve. In the video, those poor women are *so frustrated* by trying to wrap a towel around...
• Commented on Obama Supports New Law to Suppress Detainee Torture Photos
  Always with the octopus porn, these Nihonjin....
• Commented on Why it's hard not to stare at facial deformities
  I always thought that if I ever became disfigured, I'd get a whole bunch of t-shirts printed that said "It's Okay to Stare." Not because I'd enjoy the staring*, I'm sure, but because you'd have to get past it to...
• Commented on Tonga Room, San Francisco's magnificent tiki bar: doomed?
  Nooooooooooooooooooo!!! I lived in SF for a few years before the dotcom boom+bust and LOVED the Tonga Room and go every time I get back. I know cities change but some of the changes to San Francisco in these intervening...
• Commented on Kevin Kelly reviews The Deniers
  Good god, not this again. What should we do with the 1% who dissent about global warming? By logic, we should embrace them We should not embrace them. What we *should* do is listen to them and evaluate the evidence...
• Commented on American Institute of Physics' history of the science of climate change
  I am greatly relieved to see Corey's posts. Climate change is controversial like evolution is controversial and if it were my site, I'd be trying to counteract anti-empiricism on the front page too. I look forward to Charles' posts about...
• Commented on Climatic Heresy: 4.
  I know that civility is valued in these comments, a value I agree with, but I have to say it: Worst guestblogger ever. Giving space for expression of controversial opinions is admirable, but post after post of crankery is a...
• Commented on Man flies personal jet wing across English Channel
  I know the headline says "swiss man," but I looked at the picture all blown up, and I could just swear that's a really a coyote in a helmet & jumpsuit....
• Commented on Tortoise hates cats
  I would like to see that tortoise go up against the crocodile-eating leopard. Persistence can take you a long way....
• Commented on Brain electrodes as depression treatment
  To the several thoughtfully instructive comments above, let me add a petty one: there ain't no such thing as a "subcallosal cingulated gyrus; that appears to be a typo carried over from the Nature piece. And as far as I...
• Commented on Leopard attacks crocodile
  I'd like to see this leopard take on Chuck Norris. Now THAT would be a fight. And, everybody should go watch that water buffalo movie, too. One of the most incredible things I've ever seen....
• Commented on Goldfish with pierced lip
  Putting jewelry (pierced, nonetheless) on an animal serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever; real or imagined. The worth lies solely in the ego of the person doing it. Are you implying that there can be any non-selfish reason for keeping a...
• Commented on Goldfish with pierced lip
  Fish physiologist here. Yes, the 30 second thing is false. On the other hand, like Chris L says, it's not clear what kind of memory a goldfish has for single events. It's unlikely that the weight of the ring posed...
• Commented on Future of the Internet and How to Stop It -- CC licensed Jonathan Zittrain book about the danger the Internet faces
  I've heard Zittrain interviewed while promoting this book and broadly agree with him, and hate to see a Zittrain vs. Apple argument dominate this thread, so maybe it's worth pointing out that this particular excerpt is an unfortunate one considering...
• Commented on Rubbing estrogen on penis-tip prevents HIV transmission?
  dramatic, yet common, circumcision damage can you put some numbers to that "common?"...
• Commented on Rubbing estrogen on penis-tip prevents HIV transmission?
  I really just posted 71 to prove that I can write a short comment. But as long as I'm talking about myself, I'll also note that in 61, "bases" s/b "basis," and "justifies" isn't really the right word. But nobody...
• Commented on Rubbing estrogen on penis-tip prevents HIV transmission?
  the repeated use of the word "unnatural" in the material quoted in 67 raises a red flag...
• Commented on Rubbing estrogen on penis-tip prevents HIV transmission?
  Awesome. The inevitable flame wars that break out whenever somebody mentions circumcision fascinate me, because it seems like the passion expressed on either side is far out of proportion to the actual impact of circumcision on health and quality of...
• Commented on Rubbing estrogen on penis-tip prevents HIV transmission?
  I would suggest that keratinization has little if anything to do with the infection prevention effect of circumcision purely from a common sense perspective. Fortunately, we have the scientific method to help us differentiate common sense from knowledge. I really...
• Commented on Rubbing estrogen on penis-tip prevents HIV transmission?
  It's interesting to read so many people damning the science here, when I don't think we know very much about the actual science here, unless anyone's read the journal article? 2 points: First, considering a disease countermeasure in terms of...
• Commented on Intro to the brain
  Whereas animals such as elephants, dolphins, and whales have larger brains, humans have the most developed cerebrum. What means this, "developed?"...
• Commented on Badass rayguns: postapocalyptic, steampunk, deadly
  This is going to be one of those annoying comments in which I, a pseudonymous commenter too lazy and late to the game to have a highly-read blog of my own, take it upon myself to tell someone else what...
• Commented on Japanese coffee brewing maching
  jimjambandit: hahaha, that's *exactly* the look. notjackobrien: those things are CRAZY, and indeed steampunk. Just saw one in action for the first time at Grumpy Cafe in Manhattan. gtmoogle: I have an answer: some, but not all. Coffee/wine lovers, like...