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• Commented on Good 80s postpunk music from The Men with No IQ's
  It would sound a lot better if it hadn't been a budget recording. It sounds to my ears like it's little more than a demo tape. Get those boys some good equipment and a good sound engineer, I bet they'd...
• Commented on SFPD cops from imaginary anti-dance-party squad steal laptops
  You need a permit to throw a party in SF? Who's the clownshoes that voted that into existence? I'm sure it's actually directed at large warehouse parties with dozens of people, but the article makes it sound like anyone playing...
• Commented on Hippos don't like croocdiles climbing over their backs
  Hippos are one of those animals that have a free pass because we as a society have decided they're cute and lovable, but are just as dangerous as any other animal. That is one crocodile that fell for the marketing,...
• Commented on Pigeon Impossible
  Yes, let us debate factual inaccuracies in a cartoon. It is offensive the way they are always butchering their portrayal of real life and doing it by hiding under the "artistic license" banner. This loophole in the legal system MUST...
• Commented on Brand New discusses our logo
  I didn't even notice the difference. To me it's always been some red letters at the top of every page, I had no idea it could ever be the subject of a debate. People should be spending all that energy...
• Commented on Couple survives car crash in their house
  I like how the link is careful to clarify that a car allegedly drove into the bedroom.. in spite of several pictures showing a car IN THE BEDROOM....
• Commented on Thrashing, mad, metal: the art of Double Fine's <em>Brütal Legend</em>
  The game does have some flaws, but manages to succeed in spite of them. I think it's the most entertaining game I've played since Portal. It's always fun, largely because the environment is so brilliantly conceived....
• Commented on Halloween: good excuse for gratuitous "doggies in costumes" blog posts
  Especially if you're dressing him up as a luchador.. really, what dog wouldn't enjoy being a pro wrestler?...
• Commented on BMW drives on top of other cars in parking lot (video)
  I wouldn't have expected an SUV to be able to survive that kind of abuse. I figured slapping the SUV label on them was more of a marketing stunt than an indication of the vehicle's capabilities....
• Commented on Scans of Google Books with fingers in them
  One would think with as much brainpower as Google claims to have in their compound, one of them would have thought to do a scan of each image for a big pink blob. If yes, flag for rescanning. If no,...
• Commented on 1953 cartoon about atomic energy
  Maybe it's just a problem with people seeing benefits? I mean, when the atom bomb was still new and amazing, the discoveries came rapidly.. as the video says, major advances in medicine and industry came to be. Since then, the...
• Commented on Snow kite boarder gets carried away by kite
  Never having done anything like this, but having grown up in mountains, that was the first thing to cross my mind: what kind of moron attaches himself to a parachute near a mountain? Wind gusts can come up with zero...
• Commented on Public fountains are disappearing because the concept of public is disappearing
  I for one avoid water fountains because invariably, the water tastes like rust. Or worse. I doubt it's actually rust, but it always seems to have this metallic funk, and I associate it with ancient corroding pipes. I avoid bottled...
• Commented on One More Go: Why <em>Halo</em> makes me want to lay down and die
  I suppose if one were to run with this idea, the later mission where you descend into the depths of a forerunner facility and witness the release of the flood is the Halo equivalent of hell.. followed shortly by the...
• Commented on Jerry Andrus' optical illusion video
  Is the un-synced audio part of the illusion too?...
• Commented on Oligarch's yacht has a laser anti-photo screen
  I imagine this same effect could be accomplished with a single floodlight, operated by a single guy being told to aim the lamp at anyone with a camera. Make it infared (which I think interferes with CCD's as well) and...
• Commented on Blind juggling robot
  If you visit their website, they have a video of a version with the bounce plate on a sort of pendulum action.. which makes it look much more like "juggling". Now they just need to get two plates working together,...
• Commented on Stretch limo gets stuck
  Cognitive, it's very simple- how will people know how important I am unless my limo is very long? People who think they're important ride in limos. People who ARE important ride in sedans....
• Commented on What's This Guy Driving?
  The unfortunate part is that the new nose is a much better design in terms of aerodynamics.. less drag, better fuel savings. Look at the nose of any airplane.. one of the most aerodynamic shapes you can make, but very...
• Commented on Listen: preview Metroid Metal's debut CD collection, 'Varia Suite'
  It's damn near worth buying just for the shirt. That the music is decent is an added bonus!...
• Commented on Machine translation fun
  Cut and paste mails from your boss for endless amusement....
• Commented on Sprint executive killed when boulder drops on his car.
  I drove/rode in mountainous areas for the first 20 years of my life and never once heard of a rock actually hitting a car, and never once saw any debris on the road. It seems to me the chances of...
• Commented on Verizon doesn't see a problem with bilking customers on pointless info messages
  As badly as Americans are getting ripped off, the phone companies have no reason to change because customers keep buying their service. The pain of not having a cell phone is greater than the pain of dealing with the carriers,...
• Commented on Les Paul wows Alistair Cooke with tape recorder
  The documentary 'Tom Dowd and the Language of Music' spends a bit of time talking about LP's involvement in the creation of multitrack recording. Tom Dowd, who was himself a legend in the music industry, was pretty impressed with LP's...
• Commented on Microsoft bilking customers on hard drives
  Even more clever.. microsoft stores their copyrighted xbox logo on the hard drive and in the rom, which means if anyone starts distributing hacked versions, they can slap 'em with a huge infringement suit....
• Commented on Microsoft bilking customers on hard drives
  They gotta pay off that billion dollar fiasco that was the RROD somehow! (though to be fair, the 120GB hard drive was priced well before RROD was being addressed, but that's besides the point) The real crime is they're continually...
• Commented on Olympic cyclist predicts the future of bicycles
  I guess it's going to be using the mythical better-than-100% efficient solar panels? Because that thing doesn't have enough surface area to solar power an LED. I guess there's no need for gears in the future either. Gonna be a...
• Commented on Photos of my fifth handbuilt guitar
  You are aware it's illegal in most countries to post about a new instrument, and not include a video of you playing it, right?...
• Commented on Report: Deet, popular and potent insect repellent, is neurotoxic
  We always used Skin-So-Soft as a less stinky bug repellent, but this was before we had the internet to inform us that its utility for keeping mosquitoes away is complete bunk....
• Commented on Report: Deet, popular and potent insect repellent, is neurotoxic
  So I guess it's time to choose your poison.. die from some insect-borne illness, or fry out your brain. Decisions, decisions!...