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• Commented on Wintertime on Mars: lonely Phoenix Lander, blanketed in carbon dioxide frost
  Xeni, I have a vacuum cleaner in the corner. It's dark and cold there and it looks pretty lonely. It probably could use some of your attention. I bet it really would like to be plugged in and used. Just...
• Commented on "We did not know that child abuse was a crime," says retired Catholic archbishop
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• Commented on "We did not know that child abuse was a crime," says retired Catholic archbishop
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• Commented on MIT's futuristic, networked bus stop design
  I still smell urine. Nothing that a can of spray paint can't take care of....
• Commented on Hunt for the West Chester Guerilla Drive-In's secret AM broadcast
  Give this man a license from the FCC, pronto. Actually if he is not using more than 100mW and a small antenna he does not need a license (and kits generally don't exceed the limit). But any more than that...
• Commented on Pool rules at Florida condo complex
  You know, it's all about that whole cryptosporidian thing aka babies poopin' in the pool. That's why you don't drink the water. My whole town got sick with cyrpto a couple of summers ago and there was a move to...
• Favorited LSATs are a rip-off on Boing Boing
• Commented on Was 1971 the best year to be born a geek?
  1965 was the best - I saw the geekiest thing around - the moon landings live! I saw the Teton meteor live! Also, ham radio was KING before the internet. And, I played all the new video games *when they...
• Commented on Glenn Beck guest passes out -- best Keyboard Cat play-off yet?
  @54 Antoinous Orthostatic syncope versus suicidally depressed teenager? I find the fainting episode to be pretty mild. Even though I do not know the back story to that video, I simply am not seeing a suicide drama playing out in...
• Commented on Glenn Beck guest passes out -- best Keyboard Cat play-off yet?
  Ok, a couple of things. This poor person's name is David Buckner. There seems to be no mention of his medical condition. However, having been intimately familiar with a somewhat similar illness there are a dozen different things that can...
• Commented on Hugo Chávez: Eat the Rich
  I suspect there are other motives here, such as distracting the eyes away from his own probable hoard. After all, if you eat the rich, you then can't *tax* them....
• Commented on Joel Spolsky on the perfect electronics store
  @17 Anon: Brick + mortar stores are almost all dead to me. I bet you're singing a different tune when the internet gets around to charging taxes....
• Commented on Martians Learn about the Free Market from the Oil Industry
  This was made in 1956. Needless to say the oil industry has changed with only a handful of large companies and countries controlling oil output. Probably shown in classrooms It would be interesting to revisit the topic with the notion...
• Commented on Tiny little phonograph from an old Datsun
  Now for the bonus round. Hack it so it plays your own messages - i.e. make your own tiny record. Kinda doesn't make sense to do so though with flash memory solutions....
• Commented on Star Trek original bridge and action figures reissue
  QYurei; There are times that Trek's social commentary fails in the TOS. For an instance, I never understood why these colonists had to be rescued from the spore plant that gave them perfect health. Honestly though, for the age group...
• Commented on Star Trek original bridge and action figures reissue
  Yup his name is Gorn. Gorn was around before "dudes" entered the modern popular vernacular. Not only did Star Trek show you how to win the space babes, but it also showed you how to make explosives out of found...
• Commented on Gun-wielding pharmacist responds to drugstore cowboy
  Isn't this maligning the good name of cowboys everywhere?...
• Commented on Democracy Trying to Work
  Because the single payer system represents "socialism," and the private insurance companies' profits need to be protected at the expense of the sick....
• Commented on Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
  Spoiler for those that want to know how Lincoln's mother died; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Hanks#Death Food for thought...err death....
• Commented on Watchclocks: an early device for controlling users
  Being micromanaged? Isn't that to be expected when working for "the man?" No matter what form it takes....
• Commented on Short vid about small operators who are coping with econopocalypse
  but if I were out of a job and in debt, I could only wish to be as well-financed, well-established and exceptional as these people. And herein is the rub. The banks that we bailed out are not lending, and...
• Commented on Life Inc
  @AIRSHOWFAN Each time one of us shopped at Wal-Mart, bought something manufactured in eastern Asia, And since when have any of us had a choice otherwise? This is a book I want to read. Also, assuming some personal responsibility generally...
• Commented on Microwaving a cellphone is surprisingly cool
  Yeah shenanigans. I just checked into this thread to see how long it went before it was called....
• Commented on How Google's book-scanner cleverly corrects for the curvature of an open book
  it should be noted that the google book OCR solution pre-dates the scan robot that others have posted a link to here, which is probably more accurate as well. I find the scan robot solution more elegant than googles, Though...
• Commented on Hobby robot actuator can destroy your finger in an instant
  Violates the first Law of Robotics....
• Commented on Warner Music claims Lessig is a pirate, has his presentation taken off YouTube
  It does not mean anything unless there are consequences. Warner music obviously thinks there are none....
• Commented on Business cards made from meat
  "Mmmmmm glad to meat you Mr. Teriyaki--I mean Mr. Smith."...
• Commented on 747 converted to a restaurant, then abandoned
  Because the destination for fine cusine is an airplane? Or because people tend to have fond memories of spending lots of time on an airplane? Theoretically it is practical to reuse an airplane body. Conceptually it is a fail. I...
• Commented on Elizabeth Warren is frank and funny about the TARP trainwreck
  Do you think that the banks who have gotten all this help from the government could lower credit card rates and fees for their customers who are taxpayers?...
• Commented on If you lose your Amazon account, your Kindle loses functionality
  And why is it I would want to buy a kindle again??...