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• Commented on Great Moments in Programming: "For some reaoson it was bug."
  At least they use source control....
• Commented on Neil Young Late To The Goldrush
  I'm just impressed that he can hear the difference at all, considering his age and profession....
• Commented on Tell me the best place to buy a gaming PC
  @7 Monarch went out of business about a year ago....
• Commented on Philippe Starck back with a designer consumer wind turbine
  I've read some really bad stuff about mounting wind turbines on rooftops - enough to discourage me from pursuing it as an option here in North Central Mass....
• Commented on Skooba, Targus among first TSA-approved laptop bags
  Will TSA agents be trained to recognize TSA-approved laptop bags on sight?...
• Commented on Coupon queen spends $10/week on family groceries
  I wonder how much she spends on gas driving to seven stores....
• Commented on Place your toddler upon a robot mount
  They had these things in the late 70s, too - except they looked like police motorcycles and army jeeps. We all wanted them, but none of our parents could afford them....
• Commented on Crazy kids fashion photo from 1928
  Is that Herman Zweibel on the left?...
• Commented on Pilot shoots hole in cockpit - trust is not transitive
  Frijole, thanks for the info....
• Commented on Pilot shoots hole in cockpit - trust is not transitive
  Hopefully someone will be able to explain why pilots are equipped with ammunition that can puncture the fuselage. I assumed they were all issued frangible bullets....
• Commented on Macbook Pro and WPA Wi-Fi Error
  I just got a new Macbook Pro about three weeks ago, and it didn't work with my wifi setup (Linksys WRT-54g, revision 5). After I flashed to the most recent firmware for the router, everything worked. The iPhone I'd bought...
• Commented on Netgear's tiny Network Attached Storage RAID -- just right for a home entertainment/data server?
  Cory - which dual-wan router are you using? I have a Hotbrick and I'm not totally satisfied with it. Thanks!...
• Commented on Saddam's mega-yacht for sale - complete with secret passage!
  If it's sold to an anonymous bidder, my money's on Cheney....
• Commented on IceDozer Plus Scraper
  I had an older version of this that had a separate snow brush. The brush broke halfway through the season, but the ice scraper is still going strong....
• Commented on Japanese "melody roads" play tunes as you drive over them
  My mother swears that this was tried in the Chicago area in the 1950s, that certain roads would groan "slow down"....
• Commented on Suunto Core: Wristwatch Bristling with Sensors
  Suunto makes really neat stuff, but unfortunately they have reputation for terrible customer service. Also, after reading a bunch of customer reviews (on Amazon and elsewhere), I get the feeling that Suunto products are pretty delicate compared to most wristwatches....
• Commented on MiniTISSUE Expanding Washcloth Tablet
  I wonder how often these would be mistaken for mints......
• Commented on Bobby Darrin's Custom-Made Mellotron on eBay
  The Mellotron is one of the most under-appreciated musical devices of the 60s. My favorite examples are on the early King Crimson albums (the smack-you-in-the-face string parts from "The Court of the Crimson King" and "Epitaph", for example). Unfortunately, (like...
• Commented on Mobile phones for owl tracking
  And to think, for years I've been using owls to help count mobile phones....