JJR1971

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• Commented on Fist sledgehammer
  Yeah, either a fantasy weapon or maybe incorporated into an iconic political symbol for some dystopian SF flick......
• Commented on Aerobics championship video from 1987
  Aw, Man, I wanted to see the Texas team that came on next... ;-) I miss the 1980s. It's really weird to see 1980s "period" movies come out now; obviously the soundtracks are awesome, but it's weird to see my...
• Commented on MPAA shuts down entire town's muni WiFi over a single download
  @ Boondocker. Tell me how this is not an example of "collective punishment" and maybe you have a point. As far as I can tell, it *IS* Collective Punishment, and Collective Punishment is indeed banned by the Geneva Conventions. Granted...
• Commented on The EXAMINE'd Life: Keeping Interactive Fiction Alive
  I tried playing a simulation of one of the old INFOCOM games the other day. I loved these as a kid, but I find I simply don't have the patience for these anymore. Back before games had eye-popping graphics, I...
• Commented on Periodic Table Table
  They should put lights under the radioactive elements so they glow....
• Commented on Silent film re-edit of so-called "drunkest guy ever" surveillance video
  There is nothing funnier than unhappiness -- Samuel Beckett. I also found the video ultimately more sad than funny, but I couldn't help giggling a few times. I also agree with others who think there's more at play here than...
• Commented on Scans of Google Books with fingers in them
  Looks like a feminine finger, and slightly wrinkled due to moisture exposure?...
• Commented on DWI in motorized easy chair
  Definitely qualifies as a motor vehicle; he would've been charged in Texas as well....
• Commented on Alligators Sing! (But Not to Attract Mates)
  *smacks forhead* It's a Gator burping contest!...
• Commented on Farewell, Captain Lou Albano
  I vaguely remember him from the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" video; The B&W photo above reminds me of UK actor Geoffrey Rush, though....
• Commented on Radical Militant Librarian tee
  Not only do I own one of these tees, I am a librarian and belong to a real-life library guild: Progressive Librarians Guild http://libr.org/plg/statement.php...
• Commented on Barefoot Burglar, 18, suspected of stealing planes, etc.
  @Agies above; yep, Future CIA prospect is what I thought, right away....
• Commented on Indiana prosecutor says she's duty bound to prosecute grandma who bought cold medicine
  It strikes me as more than a little nuts that the Pharmacy didn't just deny the 2nd sale...? "Sorry, Madam, but I can't legally sell this to you, you've exceeded your quota for the week." I mean, in Texas I...
• Commented on Hovercraft built by MAKE interns
  Top one looks like a Tatooine Landspeeder......
• Commented on Lamp that runs on human blood
  This could have interesting military applications...in a ghoulish kind of way....
• Commented on Vintage tech commercials
  I *remember* that commercial...1996 wasn't that long ago, folks, gahh! I misread the title of this post as 1986... ;-)...
• Commented on Guitar-shaped spatula
  One of the many fine products you can obtain at SPATULA CITY... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY...
• Commented on Student kills burglary suspect with Samurai sword
  "In Maryland, you cannot legally purchase a gun until you're 21 years old." Really? Even long guns? 12 ga. shotgun would've been a better choice for home defense, but whatever works I guess. The 21 and up restriction is there...
• Commented on If literary classics had been titled today
  Wealth of Nations is a bad example, since the original title was: ==================================== An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ================================= /pedant]...
• Commented on Many shower heads filled with nasty bacteria
  I don't stand under my shower when it FIRST comes on, way too cold! I let the water warm up, stick my hand under it while I dial in the right temperature mix between hot/cold, and THEN and only then...
• Commented on Hairy type
  Aw, you have to download it? Wish it was web-based so you could just play with it online, like the TYPO generator......
• Commented on Speed-trap-happy cops shoot complaining fire-chief in court
  Would've been funnier if they'd blown their cool and deliberately tazed him in court, then gotten *themselves* immediately arrested by the bailiff for assault... What a very strange story indeed. The story says the "officer shot Payne from behind"...not "the...
• Commented on Tiny pinfire guns
  It's possible that was NOT a Rule 2 violation, if the camera used was on automatic and there was no human behind it. I'm willing to destroy a piece of camera equipment for the sake of art...but even with an...
• Commented on Things that have always been true for the class of 2013
  They could also add Germany has always been a unified country....
• Commented on Mexican drug cartels sold stolen oil to US
  Iraqi and Afghan resistance fighters may want to take note of this tactic, sounds like a more profitable way to sustain their insurgency ops rather than just blowing stuff up....
• Commented on Drew Friedman print of Don Knotts as Barney Fife
  My eyes keep drifting back to the fact that he has his finger on the trigger of his revolver and I keep saying to myself "keep finger out of trigger guard until ready to fire". Distracting, that....
• Commented on Visualizing a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book
  I remember one of my PoMo Lit.Crit professors back in graduate school in the mid 1990s babbling on and on about "hypertext", etc, and the potentials for the "future of literature", all agog. He had never heard of this series....
• Commented on Anti-health-care loon says Stephen Hawking wouldn't stand a chance under British health care system
  Slightly OT: "Shame they {US Founding Fathers} didn't (and could never from their position in history) foresee that the government is no longer the most dangerous enemy." Well, Mr. Jefferson did warn about and rail against "these moneyed incorporations", and...
• Commented on Man brings gun into jail hidden in his body rolls
  I admit, I didn't understand the difference between "clip" and "magazine" until I bought my first SKS, which loads by means of a stripper clip, not a magazine....
• Commented on How to speed read
  I would not try Hegel fast or slow; I would not try Hegel in the snow. I would not try Hegel in the sun. I would not try Hegel for some fun. I would not try Hegel on the can....