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• Commented on Bicycle defense kit fits in Altoids tin
  As a cyclist I find this article to be offensive and inappropriate. It only promotes hate. Please consider unpublishing it....
• Commented on Tiny bug could wipe out California's citrus trees
  This is why Australians get all "thingy" when bilateral agreements attempt to circumvent existing quarantine legislation....
• Commented on Stroke cures bad vision?
  My optician recommends stigmata for astigmatism....
• Commented on Judge sentences man to 6 months for yawning in court
  There needs to be a serious review of the comparative lengths of various jail terms for different offenses. http://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/comments/99sci/man_jailed_for_a_mere_10_months_over_hitrun/...
• Commented on HOWTO use physics to beat "how many candies in the jar" games
  I can just imagine the followup next year; "Physicist's M&M assignment shows Mars Inc. is quietly making them smaller"....
• Commented on Race and book covers: why is there a white girl on the cover of this book about a black girl? -- UPDATED
  In the Alien vs Predator comic, the human that hunts with the Predators and gets the hunter's mark on her face is Japanese. In the Alien vs Predator movie she's black. In the AvP Horrorclix miniatures game (based on the...
• Commented on LA's vegan restaurants are full of egg
  @14 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexitarianism And I'm becoming one too. ^_^...
• Commented on Scam artists con Apple into killing app that tells you when the bus is due in San Francisco
  @1 I tossed all sorts of hacky stuff on my TRGpro over the years that I had it and never once had bricking or data loss problems. I'm interested in an iPod touch, or maybe even an iPhone in a...
• Commented on City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks
  Maybe it's a test. If you're stupid enough to give them your passwords you won't get the job....
• Commented on Beatboxing flautist performs Super Mario theme
  His Inspector Gadget is better...
• Commented on Parasitic twin erupts from 30-year-old man's belly button
  Humbug...
• Commented on Time-Warner bandwidth cap protest this Saturday in Rochester NY
  These are traffic quotas, yes? We've had them in Australia forever. They are not the end of the world. For the vast majority of people it's really hard to justify that you legitimately need 10 or 20 gig of traffic...
• Commented on Obfuscated code contest with Safari Books Online prize!
  Okay, it's not showing up yet, but I'm sure something went wrong. How about a link: http://www.krisjohn.net/bb.html Again, based on #7 reaktivo's entry, believe it or not....
• Commented on Obfuscated code contest with Safari Books Online prize!
  This is based on #7 reaktivo's entry. b="úrCode(þ;while(þscript>þvar þ.shift())þString.fromChaþ\\\\þ\\\/þ\\\"".split('þ');n=" I'm pretty sure the filter will mangle this, but preview doesn't seem to be working... *crosses fingers*...
• Commented on Web Therapy: Lisa Kudrow's smart new web comedy series
  It's a shame that there's so much overhead in the Flash interface that it doesn't play smoothly on my EeePC (while YouTube has no problems)....
• Commented on Death of the sitcom frees up 2,000 Wikipedias worth of cognitive capacity
  Uh, does that gin bit at the beginning look odd to anyone else? Surely "the critical technology, for the early phase of the industrial revolution" was the *cotton gin*, not booze....
• Commented on Second Life on an Apple ][+
  The Second Life aspect of this is largely irrelevant. This is just video streaming to an old computer. Whenever you need a bridging computer that does most of the heavy lifting you really haven't proven much. Now, if someone took...
• Commented on "Green Cell" Standardized Battery Idea Almost Practical
  You could probably do quite well with something the size of two or four AAAs. Particularly if there was a way to use two or four AAAs if you had to (like the battery 'cage' that the old Newton Messagepads...
• Commented on HotPlug: transport a PC without powering it down (and letting drive crypto kick in)
  @eclectro I think you mean "squib". And, frankly, if the police can pull this off they deserve to get a look inside the PC. I'd be surprised if the power cable stayed in both the wall/board AND the PC with...
• Commented on DVD Jon launches doubleTwist -- move music without DRM hassles
  Anyone else find that their PC reboots a few seconds after clicking the "Sync" button?...
• Commented on Woman's dream of bomb results in oil rig evacuation
  @eh I put on my robe and wizard hat......
• Commented on Worst food in America: Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing
  Uh, yeah. As an Australian I can say that I've never even seen, certainly not eaten, anything that looks like that. And we call them chips....
• Commented on Rotting London grocery store sign
  I loath those stupid trolley locks so much that I started a Facebook group. If anyone wants to sign up: "I hate those stupid coin-operated shopping trolley locks" http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8719389708...
• Commented on Defining a perfect blogging tool
  This is why I like Twitter. You can post stuff via a web interface, an instant message or SMS. And thus you can post from pretty much anything. And while microblogging is probably a bit small for any commercial blogging...
• Commented on What happens to blog-posts after you click Publish
  I could draw a diagram just as complicated explaining how my microblogging is piped around using RSS feeds and Twitter. In fact, that sounds like a fun project for today....
• Commented on Clever grocery-store coupon strategy
  At least 95% of the coupons I know about say something like "Not valid with any other offer, discount applies to full price only." Here in Australia, business really don't understand coupons and are deathly afraid of anyone stacking discounts....
• Commented on Ford: Car owners are pirates if they distribute pictures of their own cars
  The problem is not with Ford. The problem is with Cafe Press letting Ford pull this crap. The club should just shop around for a different place to sell ALL their stuff....
• Commented on Pacifist Warcraft player trying to hit the top without killing anything
  A friend of mine is the Lintilla referenced in the story. (The one point in unarmed was a mis-click on a rabbit, that survived, and the dagger skill is from the stun attack, which I don't think he does anymore.)...
• Commented on Folding Electric RoboScooter Prototype
  As someone who'll (*checks weather*) probably be riding to work on an electric scooter today, I have to say that no matter how cool it is, how light it is, how small it folds up, if it doesn't have pedals...
• Commented on Alienware's Curved LCD Monitor Prototype
  I'm on a 3072x768 triplehead system at the moment, and the curve is definitely a good idea. I turn my two side monitors in a bit for comfort, as do most triple-head users. If I didn't already have long term...