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• Commented on Biometric identifcation by body language
  Hah! Does it also analyze their face to see if they are agitated and then compare their body language to an agitated face that might be same individual? I know that whilst I have body language, it differs on my...
• Commented on ABC3D: the best pop-up book in the world
  As previously mentioned, its flimsy enough to not survive the average toddler looking through it. Of course it also has the serious drawback of being A-Z instead of A-Ö, in the process missing out on the wonders of ÁÐÉÍÓÚÝÞÆÖ....
• Commented on EVE Online's economist speaks -- economics as an experimental science
  A GM was busted for pimping his alt up in the latest greatest stuff. He had a very short career. A developer was busted for tweaking the odds a bit in the (now defunct?) blueprint lottery. Led to more stringent...
• Commented on EVE Online's economist speaks -- economics as an experimental science
  EVE is a superb market playground, decent small encounter PVP experience and a lag-fest of giant proportions for large PVP. For PVE it's rather simple but with the added paranoia inducing possibility of someone ganking you when ever, where ever...
• Commented on EVE Online's economist speaks -- economics as an experimental science
  To delve into the EVE economics a bit, there is another reason for the popularity of named T1 equipment. Fitting requirements. Often the T2 equivilant is only fractionally better (1km longer range, 5 more points repaired) but at a considerable...
• Commented on EVE Online's economist speaks -- economics as an experimental science
  And since I was niggling about the last name, his first name is Eyjólfur....
• Commented on EVE Online's economist speaks -- economics as an experimental science
  As a former EVE player I'll have to correct you there Kieran. PVE loot can be (or used to be) a source of some exquisite items you could sell for millions. Apart from the Dread Gurista, True Sansha etc stuff...
• Commented on EVE Online's economist speaks -- economics as an experimental science
  His last name, patronym, is Guðmundsson (son of Guðmundur). Of two lesser evils, please choose -d- as a substitute instead of -o-. Gudmundsson comes closer than Guomundsson which is a ballpark away! As for the home of EVE Online, Iceland,...
• Commented on Facebook hires key defender of Bush's attack on American civil liberties
  And yet another reason for why I'm never joining facebook....
• Commented on Anti-suicide barriers on Japanese train lines
  Several stations in the superb Paris Metro have full platform barriers (floor to ceiling, even a tunnel). Much less noisy and of course safer....
• Commented on Simplified spelling lesson from former president of the American Literacy Council
  There are still several phonetic languages around, Icelandic gives it a fair go although it's not 100% phonetic. French however is even worse than English, in any given word you are lucky if they actually pronounce half of the letters,...
• Commented on Amazon will sell OLPC laptops
  Out of the box the G1G1 we got last time did seem pretty limited to us adults, I agree. We had a browser, wifi (I tweaked my wifi at home and had no problem after that) and a writer plus...
• Commented on Bruce Mozert's amazing 1930s underwater photography
  First or not, beautiful photos...
• Commented on Economists: selfish bastards
  Another weapon in the arsenal for why economists making public policies is often a bad thing....
• Commented on DHS border policy: we can steal anything from you, read all your data, and disclose it to anyone we want
  Sorry US citizens but you will not be receiving any of my tourist money for a good while yet. I've avoided travelling there since they started the fingerprinting and cavity searches, and every month I just get a new reason....
• Commented on DIY piano rolls: teach kids to digitally encode music using paper tape
  #3 "Somewhere the RIAA is furiously trying to figure out a way to make DRM for this." PRM?...
• Commented on Win a customized Asus Mini painted by Donato
  Only open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, age 18 and older. Void in Puerto Rico and where otherwise prohibited by law. Employees, and members of their families, of Sponsor, its parent, subsidiaries, and...
• Commented on Goldfish with pierced lip
  Jeez guys, its a fish. I eat one at least once a week (its good for your brainzzz) but also lots of meat as well, all from animals with higher cognitive ability than a fish. I don't shed a tear...
• Commented on Progressive geek looking for 3,000 people to help him win Kansas election against dinosauric anti-science/pro-surveillance dude
  Sean Tavis' site is down, database closed, presumably by his provider (is it one of those that bill by each query made?). Tip for those seeking to be BoingBoinged, create static pages (html) beforehand. An automated script running in the...
• Commented on Tiny sovereign Dutch neighborhoods in Belgian town
  I was in Baarle-Nassau a couple of years ago and we walked down a street where we switched country several times. Still I'm not gonna list Belgium as a country I've visited... just like I don't list Andorra since I...
• Commented on Thank you for not douching out.
  Oh I see what you did there! My post at #9 was de-woveled, presumably to conform it to yet another meme......
• Commented on Thank you for not douching out.
  Pls, nt nthr mm frm Xn......
• Commented on Funny espresso rant
  The customer has a right, he is not right himself. He could have refused to have business dealings with them when he was told they didn't serve what he wanted. Taking your money elsewhere is your fundamental right as a...
• Commented on US terrorist watchlist now has more than 1,000,000 names
  #15 "Oh, they're being denied the ability to *fly*. I missed where that's a right." Shockingly enough, the ability to drive does limit you to two continents, the North and South Americas. Some of us have to fly to get...
• Commented on HOWTO protect your online privacy now that the Senate repealed the Fourth Amendment?
  SSH tunnel your email all you want but it won't protect it. First of all it has to be sent by another server, then it goes across the network before arriving at your ISP and then onto their (or your...
• Commented on Joel Johnson interviews Syd Mead: part 1.
  Appreciate the interview. I beg to differ Xeni, given chance its incredible just how much content people can enjoy on the internet in one go. I have zero sympathy to those that think anything more than two paragraphs (or 30...
• Commented on Sir Clive Sinclair, UK home computer market pioneer (audio)
  My first computer. Not been without a computer since then. Thanks Clive!...
• Commented on Chinglish as full-fledged English dialect
  @6 I understood fair bits of that sentence.. then again my native language is Icelandic.. For example "geardagum" we spell "gærdagur" although its meaning is usually yesterday and not "days of yore" as in Old English....
• Commented on Top X: 10 Perfectly Pure Gadgets
  Paper money is quickly vanishing, Iceland has its stated aim to be the first paper-money-less economy, and we are almost there, we all use credit/debit/prepaid cards. Having paper-money on you is an anomaly....
• Commented on Hot day fun for kids: paint the house with water
  Shockingly, in quite a few places in the world we don't need to clean and treat the water. It comes pretty pure out of the ground. The downside is the relative lack of sunny warm days to use the water...