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• Commented on Understanding the psychology of authoritarianism
  I read this a while ago. I'm so glad it's available in print. It is not a work confirming it's own bias. It is not putting down conservatives. It is a predictive work. I wish it could be a guide...
• Commented on Murdoch-Microsoft deal in the works
  nomnomdom, one of the things that has inspired my love for photography is news photos. Not the action/conflict photos of a generation past but modern news photos. Photos with one politician in focus, the other not. Photos that the drudgereport...
• Commented on Anti-vaccine fear versus science
  I had read this earlier. I want to say I am so proud of Wired for running this. I loved this article. I wish more press could run something as courageous, as true, as strong in the face of fear...
• Commented on WTF is "Dairy Drink?"
  I once asked someone to pick up chocolate milk for my daughter. They came back from Food Lion with a gallon of "chocolate drink". It was mostly corn sirup, water and chocolate. No dairy at all. Disgusting. Never let my...
• Commented on Spacemen are transmitting silent little floaty vlogs at planet Earth (also: laptops in orbit!)
  The ergonomics of looking "up" at a screen like that are horrible. You neck would get so sore. Nice use of space... Bad ergonomics....
• Commented on Firefighters told to cool it on the energy drinks
  Good! Good! Good! I firmly believe Red Bull, Full Throttle, Rockstar etc make you stupid - mistake prone - and unable to listen. Have you ever worked with a hypercaffinated coworker or wanted something from a hypercafinated clerk. Do you...
• Commented on Crazy organic bread-slicer sign for crazy organic bread eaters
  People are naturally picky to absolutist when it involves their food and that's not going to change overnight. There are multiple evolutionary and social reasons that have encouraged this. Those processes are still ongoing. Even the people who don't think...
• Commented on Slate's Dear Prudence: "Should I score pot for my diabetic sister-in-law?"
  I loathe Dear Prudence and try very hard not to click on her stories. Of course visiting Slate I still do often enough. She demeans the people who write to her and many of their situations. In some ways she...
• Commented on United Breaks Guitars, the complaint anthem
  Beautiful, to the point and I bet that song felt great coming out. The band should make two more songs Then quickly go to small claims court. Small claims court was made for this. United can keep the bad publicity,...
• Commented on Mugshot of Phil Spector Without His Spectacular Wig
  With that large upper lip he is something like a simpsons character gone horribly horribly wrong. I saw a documentary with his adopted son and can't help think of the cate and control issues that live behind those eyes. Super...
• Commented on Verizon to cops: we won't help you track down sick, possibly dying man unless you pay his $20 phone bill
  Very Verizon, the money Vampires....
• Commented on Pool rules at Florida condo complex
  The shower thing is also there because there is a really horrific raging staph epidemic in America. The health department can't even clear it out of hospitals but you can bully the pools into adding one rule no-one will understand....
• Commented on If the banks are so healthy, how come we're all still broke?
  Rushkoff @ 53 You are speculating that social conditions that existed after 50 to 100 years of social conflict after the plague caused the plague to be more deadly. This is not a strong or convincing argument. There is another...
• Commented on If the banks are so healthy, how come we're all still broke?
  The stuff that the author assures me is "just fact" is contradictory to what I know of monitory, corporate, and european history. Some generalities he says happened before the plague actually happened later I think the "it's just fact" is...
• Commented on White tea contains anti-obesity substances
  I was just asked for a citation. I gave it. I think it proved my point about green tea (tea or supplement) being an oxidant despite received health wisdom and a huge industry saying that it was an anti-oxidant. It...
• Commented on White tea contains anti-obesity substances
  #11 the angry toxicologist told me so. More reliable than 5 wiki articles and a billion health food links. http://scienceblogs.com/angrytoxicologist/2007/05/natural_does_not_equal_safe_gr.php...
• Commented on White tea contains anti-obesity substances
  Green tea was supposed to be an anti-oxidant until it was discovered that whoops... It's actually an oxidant. Considering the high price, super poor effectiveness and huge side effects of modern drugs who would want anything tested like we test...
• Commented on Swine Influenza Update from a Nurse: Virus, Panic, Precautions, and End of the World Websites.
  Wish I could edit my post. My first question is misinformative. The Authors source, the CDC, is a better, more primary, more up-to-date source. They say the flu shot conveys no immunity I'll take them at their word....
• Commented on Swine Influenza Update from a Nurse: Virus, Panic, Precautions, and End of the World Websites.
  Questions... Not to contradict you but a recent NYT article and wikipedia's coverage say the most recent flu shots had an H1N1 component so they might be effective against the current outbreak... tests are pending to confirm that. How likely...
• Commented on Cactus Dome looks like the top part of the USS Enterprise, but the true purpose is a bummer
  At home we don't get any fancy containment domes. We just leave a hundred radioactive creators to have their cancerous essence blown by the wind across the desert and across america. Search for "nevada test site" on google earth. The...
• Commented on We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones...but is it DRM? (Update: It is not!)
  Before we bust out the oscilloscope or call the EFF lawyers can we like jot down the numbers on the chip and google them? Find out what kind of -simple- IC it is and who makes it? Nevermind, forget I...
• Commented on 100Mbps Internet Connection For 11 USD Per Month
  Forgot to mention I'm also capped at 12gig per month and they are really tight about that. In fact they are overwhelmed with punitive impulses if you break the cap....
• Commented on 100Mbps Internet Connection For 11 USD Per Month
  1Mbps down, 200k up. HUGE latency and often packet loss, $69.95 a month and it is the best deal I can find in this particular corner of unwired backward America. Makes me want to strangle a can't do telco and...
• Commented on FujiFilm FinePix F200 EXR actually pimps the sensor quality for a change
  Jon-O, I think your understanding is a little flawed. That's O.K. It happens to all of us. f/2.8 is a wide aperture, wider than most consumer zooms can do. Low F numbers mean wide apertures. The diffraction "problem" or phenomenon...
• Commented on Happy Authorized Boxing Day
  It is consistent with the advertising of the day. It is actually kind of pleasing. I wonder if the style of these ads were kind of a red flag in the apple records -vs- apple computer spats. It is not...
• Commented on Conscious after decapitation?
  Sorry I did conflate my Takuan and Takeshi. Very very sorry Takuan. Very sorry, moist as well. I work on the humor but quackery just isn't fun for me and I hate to see it spread anywhere. I just couldn't...
• Commented on Conscious after decapitation?
  Takuan, I don't mean to be mean and I hope I'm not going there. I didn't see a big hypothetical batman -vs- superman geek fest I saw you talking over other people, posting profusely to prove a dubious point and...
• Commented on Conscious after decapitation?
  Takeshi, You have won. You have broadcast your point of view over everyone else's, and ten time as often as any particular person. You have discounted everyone else's experience especially anyone who has first hand experience with the limitations of...
• Commented on Conscious after decapitation?
  I agree with Pauldrye. When you loose blood pressure or just circulation to the brain you go down very quickly. Decapitation is so much more severe than the choking game and the chocking game puts kids down fast. I don't...
• Commented on Photoshop Interface rendered in real-world objects
  Painter never had an interface - it had a bazillion tools, choices and modifiers exploding out of an interface....