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• Favorited Moon in My Room: astronomical nightlight on Boing Boing
• Commented on 200 students and other teens celebrate end of school term with outdoor orgy
  Ha ha! It happened in the UK, so let's go ahead and mock the British! It will appear terribly witty and sophisticated, and not at all like culturally isolated Americans demonstrating their general ignorance of the world....
• Commented on Finnish MP proposes week-long "love vacation" law
  It should be obvious to everyone now that the global population of humans is still far too high, and still getting higher. And yet whenever any region experiences the slightest dip in its local population, governments launch initiatives to increase...
• Commented on Obsolete skills
  "I tried to include only the most blatant examples (such as "cursive handwriting," "handling cash," and "sharpening a pencil"), but there are plenty of other stupid entries." I think you may be taking this way too literally. Many of the...
• Commented on Obsolete skills
  I think the point is that there's no need to use lookup tables to find that information any more....
• Commented on Commerce Dept docs: Cheney and oil execs decided to take Iraq's oil in spring 2001
  Yes, of course he will get away with it; all of it. The most (and the least) we can hope for is that he will be seen for what he is. That people will remember this. That his supporters will...
• Commented on Warren Ellis: Freak Angels
  Looks pretty, but it's a bad sign when six pages in, you already find the main character extremely irritating....
• Commented on Skateboard hating cop caught on video for 2nd temper tantrum
  Regardless of how dangerous skateboarding through the city centre may or may not be, it's still illegal. And if you are doing something illegal, regardless of how minor, and a cop tells you to stop (which they are bound to...
• Commented on Yoko Ono: No, I'm not suing Lennon Murphy over "Lennon."
  The Beatles were due to break up. Lennon's edgy, stripped-back songwriting was increasingly at odds with McCartney's overcooked cheese....
• Commented on Skateboard hating cop caught on video for 2nd temper tantrum
  Actually, before this goes any further - Shudderstep, after just reading your last post (#36) there isn't really much to disagree with there. Myb 'm nt trppd n n ntrnt rgmnt ftr ll. nd thnk th cp wll lrn frm...
• Commented on Skateboard hating cop caught on video for 2nd temper tantrum
  Argh! I'm not even talking about Salvatore Rivieri! I never even saw that clip! As I said at the start of the previous post! Twice, thanks to my stupid browser! Gddmmt, nw trly m stck n n ntrnt rgmnt! Shudderstep,...
• Commented on Skateboard hating cop caught on video for 2nd temper tantrum
  RE: note to Squashy - I haven't even seen the Salvatore Rivieri video. I was talking about the other video. Now, I know I shouldn't be getting worked up about this, nd rgng n Bng Bng cmmnts s nly cpl...
• Commented on Skateboard hating cop caught on video for 2nd temper tantrum
  RE: note to Squashy - I haven't even seen the Salvatore Rivieri video. I was talking about the other video. Now, I know I shouldn't be getting worked up about this, and arguing on Boing Boing comments is only a...
• Commented on Skateboard hating cop caught on video for 2nd temper tantrum
  "When he grabs the two kids around the neck and tries to slam them to the ground, very easily could have broken their necks or severely injured them." Do you mean the part where he says to the girl "hey,...
• Commented on Skateboard hating cop caught on video for 2nd temper tantrum
  The cop in the video posted on #3 didn't beat anyone up. He just held them down. I seriously doubt that anyone was hurt at all. I would be the first to call "abuse of power" when I see footage...
• Commented on Skateboard hating cop caught on video for 2nd temper tantrum
  #3, I have to say I can see where the cop's coming from in that video. The kids are riding skateboards. The cop tells them to stop, and they don't. Throughout the whole sequence, the cop is giving instructions that...
• Commented on Yoko Ono: No, I'm not suing Lennon Murphy over "Lennon."
  D'oh! "Readinging". #62 - hey, the people trashing Yoko didn't know John either. Maybe they were both bad people. Or both lovely people. I always thought she seemed quite interesting, with or without the "John Lennon Seal of Approval"....
• Commented on Yoko Ono: No, I'm not suing Lennon Murphy over "Lennon."
  "I'm not sure you can blame the failure of democracy on a misunderstanding of the definition of trademark." Rd th rgnl thrd - hlf th ppl xplnng wht th rl ss s, th thr hlf cmpltly bypssng th dscssn, nly...
• Commented on Yoko Ono: No, I'm not suing Lennon Murphy over "Lennon."
  The fact that JOHN LENNON has apparently only been registered as a trademark for sunglasses is a pretty good indication that you don't need to hold an exclusive frickin' trademark on your name to have a successful career in music....
• Commented on Yoko Ono: No, I'm not suing Lennon Murphy over "Lennon."
  All the relevant information regarding Ono's legitimate objection was already present in the original post, and yet still random outbreaks of FUD are continuing (albeit at a mercifully reduced level now). This is about the issue of a TRADEMARK. Pls,...
• Commented on Short video makes fun of to-do list mania
  It just needs a little splatch of CG blood at the end to make it properly authentic (in order to get all the way up to 100% wrong)....
• Commented on Yoko <s>sues</s> seeks to block trademark of "Lennon" - **UPDATE**
  Mirrormonkey, I feel your pain. Srsly, ppl....
• Commented on Yoko <s>sues</s> seeks to block trademark of "Lennon" - **UPDATE**
  I really find it hard to accept that so many people here think it's perfectly fine for Murphy to own the trademark "Lennon" with regards to music. As for poor old Mike Rowe - "I never even thought of getting...
• Commented on Yoko <s>sues</s> seeks to block trademark of "Lennon" - **UPDATE**
  "Why would not calling her band Lennon end her career? Just change it and move on." She doesn't have to change it, even. Just drop the trademark....
• Commented on Yoko <s>sues</s> seeks to block trademark of "Lennon" - **UPDATE**
  Hey, can we stop with the "making her change her name" FUD? Nobody is trying to make her change her name. Yoko is trying to stop her from holding the trademark "Lennon", which would give her an exclusive right to...
• Commented on US gov wants data on Europe air passengers
  "Oh no you're not getting off that easily. This is not a case of "Let's all think positive thoughts and everything will be well!" I totally agree with you that biting cynicism isn't going to help your cause, but you...
• Commented on Yoko <s>sues</s> seeks to block trademark of "Lennon" - **UPDATE**
  I agree with everyone who says that calling her band "Lennon" is fine, but registering it as a trademark is pretty damn iffy. Especially since it's a trademark for a musical business, and John Lennon is already *kinda well-known* for...
• Commented on US gov wants data on Europe air passengers
  "You don't really believe the next Hood Ornament of the Untied Snakes will be able to undo what has been done?" These days, I really feel, more and more, that this kind of defeatist cynicism is the real obstacle we...
• Commented on Color tile optical illusion
  "So the light square ends up darker in the image because it's in shadow--so what? We're smart enough to correct for the shadow" The point is that this correction is done unconsciously, and it is very difficult to switch it...
• Commented on Color tile optical illusion
  "So the light square ends up darker in the image because it's in shadow--so what? We're smart enough to correct for the shadow" The point is that this correction is done unconsciously, and it is very difficult to switch it...