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• Commented on Compact marble machine
  There is a version of this thing in the Logan Airport in Boston. It's huge....
• Commented on Stanley Milgram radio documentary
  I would reccommend a book called 'Opening Skinner's Box.' It is a study and review of many of the most famous behavioral studies that are popularly known....
• Commented on Profile of Hans Monderman, radical traffic engineer
  The requirement to let people pass you on the left on an escalator is totally obscure to all but seasoned subway commuters. Or you just obviously stand on the side that allows people who are not standing to move ahead...
• Commented on Spikes in Seattle pond not malicious
  #6, did you see the original post and its comments? End of the world! Cats and dogs living together, razorblades in the candied apples etc etc etc. This is hilarious....
• Commented on BDSM Black Canary Barbie
  Please keep in mind the source of said quote before, you know, caring too much....
• Commented on Audrey Kawasaki print from Pressure Printing
  #2, why would a limited edition run of 50 have individual prints of varying prices? 50's not exactly a big number....
• Commented on Scientific American: five 3D printers
  Ok, awesome. Candy Fab seems like it would have near-unlimited potential....
• Commented on Homegrown Evolution bloggers on local TV news
  I could totally see a GROW magazine growing from the pages of MAKE. I second that as a great idea....
• Commented on Clive Thompson on scary video games
  Rule of Rose and, creep factor 11+ - Silent Hill 2....
• Commented on People in love with objects
  But where do we decide to draw the line between "different" and "crazy"? Is the person dangerous to me or anyone else? Are they capable of holding down a job and taking care of themselves? Yes? Not my business then....
• Commented on People in love with objects
  #4, meet the OS-tans....
• Commented on Charles and Ray Eames stamps
  Those are really nice. My grandmother has the chair in the lower right corner. I didn't like it when I was little but now I think it's pretty cool. I noticed last time I was at the post office that...
• Commented on Man at homes laughs at TV show, ends up getting pepper sprayed by cops
  This reminds me of the story where a guy was watching porn and a neighbor thought a woman was being assaulted and called the cops. If we're thinking of the same story, he didn't call the cops so much as...
• Commented on Trailer for new Hunter Thompson documentary
  Time it will take to disemvowel #28 in 3...2...1......
• Commented on D.C. to require ID to enter certain neighborhoods?
  if you could actually filter out those with "bad intent" you could have a safer better society. ... and if we had cold fusion, all our energy problems would be solved....
• Commented on Anti-kid modifications to public steps
  #42, thanks for mentioning Jane Jacobs, that's the first thing I thought of when I was reading this story....
• Commented on Rosicrucian MENTAL POISONING ad from 1939
  If you don't believe in mental poisoning you have never had a Polish grandmother....
• Commented on Film director Sydney Pollack has passed away.
  If that's maturity, #12, you are welcome to my share....
• Commented on Film director Sydney Pollack has passed away.
  Wow, stay classy #1. 'Sketches of Frank Gehry' was a beautiful little film about the creative process, and friendship....
• Commented on Whedon fans vow to save Dollhouse from cancellation -- eight months before initial airdate
  #1 It's Whedon. Even if it's bad it can't be bad....
• Commented on Hitler plans Burning Man
  #10, the ultimate destiny of such a great evil is being reduced to inanity on countless internet sites. As well as 'The Producers'. Hitler knew how dangerous making fun was, it's the reason Charlie Chaplin was on his hit list....
• Commented on Street food in Beijing
  Seahorses? Seahorses have meat?...
• Commented on Laptop covered in chalkboard paint
  Wow, the ire....
• Commented on Pop-bottle snap-on cup makes ice cream floats on demand
  This looks pretty cool. In Michigan I've heard soda and pop and cola and pretty much everything but when 'get me a coke' gets answered with 'what kind'? I think I heard that's a Southern thing....
• Commented on Shepard Fairey and Paul Frank Industries laptops
  Ironically, the Paul Frank thing was a BoingBoing link a while ago....
• Commented on Einstein: Religion is "childish," "primitive"
  What bothers me is people using these superstitious beliefs as an excuse for war and bigotry If they didn't have religion, it would just be something else. I can't not be a spiritual person. It would be lying to myself...
• Commented on Security guards threaten NPR photos with arrest for shooting panorama of DC's Union Station
  The NPR guy should simply have said they were reporters and had a right to be there and take pictures. It is fantastically rare that logic actually solves these problems....
• Commented on Rats are ticklish!
  anthropomorphism alert! I will never understand why the idea that animals experience joy is some sort of suspect notion. So my dog can't 'smile' to express happiness, but the tail wagging and the barking and the dancing from foot to...
• Commented on Black Metal cupcakes
  Oh, those look delicious....
• Commented on Untitled 1
  ** Way too late to get read but commenting anyway...