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• Commented on Woman accidentally buys wrapping paper covered with swastikas
  Glad to see that most people commenting are aware of the fact that this is not a Nazi symbol, but an eastern religion/philosophy one. Another good reason Boing Boing is a good forum to hang out in....
• Commented on Can't Take It With You - A Landmark Muslims in America Photo Exhibit
  I'm assuming @Dhalgren is being sarcastic. In the off chance that it wasn't sarcasm, I ought to remind readers that Middle/Dark Ages lasted 1000 years and Christianity reigned supreme. America was founded on secular grounds. Remember that the Pilgrims fled...
• Commented on Soda pop bottle caps
  Soda Pop? I thought that was a Midwest nomenclature. Where did you grow up Mark?...
• Commented on Entertainment industry stacks the speaker-list at Canadian copyright "town hall"
  @ #2 Anon: So how much is the music industry paying you to trawl the blogosphere? I'm sure we could come up with a DMCA/Terrorism excuse to find out who you are. So, why not just disclose it yourself?...
• Commented on Led Zeppelin vs. Indian religious sitcom
  I grew up at the time Ramayan was being aired on TV. Back then, India had no cable network, there was pretty much only one TV channel broadcast over the air, for about 6 hours a day. Ramayan was staple...
• Commented on Deduct your Ponzi scheme losses
  Cool. A new can of worms just opened up and accountants all over are rejoicing. So, who qualifies a failed investment as Ponzi Scheme? SEC can't even detect Ponzi Schemes when it hits them in the face 9 times! Do...
• Commented on Tibetan Exile Group Seeks Your Used Audio Recording Gear
  Xeni, what qualifies as 'used recording equipment'. For us non-sound-engineer-folks, a few keywords would be helpful. Does a tape-based pocket voice recorder sans tapes qualify? Batteries are not cheap in India - would they like a few extra ones? @Hamish:...
• Commented on Video reveals NYPD allegedly fabricating drug arrest
  @8: So, you are saying that the cops don't choose that career for the money - just for the power trip. And so, those who start aspiring to more money should simply be given more money and allowed to retain...
• Commented on Student challenges prof, wins right to post source code he wrote for course
  @DR What you are prescribing is 'remain in your flock, sheep'. While that is good advice if you really need to hide in flocks, it definitely isn't the advice you should be giving to all your students. The only time...
• Commented on New Jersey police officer enjoys clubbing man for complying with another officer's request to zip his sweatshirt
  You cop haters! Don't you see how much restraint the officer showed? Are you completely ignoring the fact that he DID NOT use a TASER?!! He obviously had utmost concern for the perpetrator's well being. These brave men and women...
• Commented on Sales booming in remote-kill devices for cars sold to poor credit-risks
  I wonder about the security of the communication channel between the car and the control center. I have built remote monitoring devices that are currently being used in industrial vehicles. Due to cost concerns, there is zero security on the...
• Commented on Meetup's Dead Simple User Testing
  @CMALEK: Second that. I used Krug's suggestions while building the (non-visual) user interface for an inside-building navigation aid (sort of an artificial guide). We used to put 3 users through the system every week and I used to update the...
• Commented on Election: Is This the Beginning of America's "Fourth Republic"?
  @Zuzu (#5): Great observation. I recently read Peter Schiff's Crashproof, and I see the point in most of what he says. But I was uneasy about something that didn't quite make sense and I wasn't able to put my finger...
• Commented on Cool old Indian comic books
  Ooh.. makes me all tingly inside. I just realized that I read a ton of comics as a kid, but hardly read any these days. Tintin was my favorite, but I also read a lot of Asterix, Amar Chitra Katha...
• Commented on Racist signs in Thailand
  @#10 I don't know if people in East Asia are more submissive than the Indian Sub-Continent, but if any hotel tried that in India, Indians will beat the shit out of them. Of course, we excel at other kinds of...
• Commented on Blogging from TED 2008
  What I'd like to know is how do you finagle your way into something like TED? Friends in high places? It's all great watching TED talk videos after the fact and reading attendant's blogs, but it's really the networking opportunity...
• Commented on Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear
  Why can't we ordinary citizens pool together some money to put stuff like this on the airwaves? Too many people in US are unaware that there is such an issue at all!...
• Commented on Some Flickr users wary of a MSFT takeover
  Microsoft has a history of taking on something good and mangling it. Look at Hotmail. Hotmail was the single greatest webmail system when Microsoft bought it. Now, it's just people lingering on because they don't feel like moving. Nothing exciting...
• Commented on Egypt: broken undersea cable causes major 'net outage
  The first thing I thought of when I read Egypt and Internet was the nondescript building Neal Stephenson mentions in Mother Earth Motherboard. It's an awesome read! Check it out at: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html A relevant part: " The adjective Blade-Runneresque means...