mrbill1234

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• Commented on McDonald's Gitmo is hiring!
  I'm willing to bet those burgers aren't Halaal. Ooops....
• Commented on Petition for a DRM-free Kindle
  Seriously - if you don't like what the Kindle does - don't buy it. Vote with your wallet....
• Commented on Anti-paparazzi handbag
  I wonder if something like this would work for Gatsos/speed cameras....
• Commented on In praise of Kitchen Aid's customer service -- UPDATED
  My mom has had the same Kitchen Aid mixer for over 40 years - still going strong. I'm thinking of getting one myself, but just have this sinking feeling that while the new models look the same, they most probably...
• Commented on Secrets of orange juice
  Growing up in Southern California in the early 80's I remember seeing orange squeezing machines right there in the supermarket in the produce section - you could watch a machine squeeze your juice and then decant it into jugs which...
• Commented on Amusement park offers surveillance footage of you as a souvenir
  Under UK data protection laws, they would have to provide you with the footage for 10 pounds. BoingBoing posted something similar before: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/05/09/band-shoots-video-by.html...
• Commented on Photo gallery of female body builders
  This looks like one of those photoshop competitions on worth1000....
• Commented on Bank of America enrolls you in "Credit Protection Plus" without your permission
  This is just the 21st century version of slamming (i.e. do you want to change your long distance provider?). These guys are on commission for every person they sign up, so even if you don't sign up, they falsify it...
• Commented on Virgin Media UK working with record industry to spy on and threaten downloaders
  One has to wonder how this technology will affect ISP's who claim to be common carriers if they are doing deep inspection of traffic....
• Commented on Anti-kid modifications to public steps
  Charlie @50: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7175458.stm There is a rational fear of youths. Unfortunately we don't have a zero tolerance type system in the UK - if we did, some of our youths would not do the above....
• Commented on Using a record-cutter to turn old CDs into 45RPM singles
  Ha, here it is - on BoingBoing ;-) http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/19/vinyldisc-hybrid-pla.html...
• Commented on Using a record-cutter to turn old CDs into 45RPM singles
  There is a company in Germany that presses CD's with vinyl on the other side. I can't seem to google it at the moment....
• Commented on Nelson Mandela and the ANC are on the US terrorist watchlist and need waivers to enter the country
  If the 80's were today, the ANC would probably be considered a terrorist organisation. One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter....
• Commented on 1979 pot smuggling attempt -- dope pressed into LP shaped discs
  Hah - didn't Cheech and Chong do something like this - but with mexican dope turned into televisions....
• Commented on Futuristic public toilet in London
  Also known as the 'turdis'....