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• Commented on Lessons Learned.
  You know, getting told by your moderator that nowhere on the entire Internet, ever, could sites possibly be tempted to gain an advantage from the fact that it takes them a lot less energy to use their moderation powers than...
• Commented on Lessons Learned.
  #495 Nelson.C: I'm talking about the few days before the first statement, when it was impossible to post anything color-related here. When it was considered subversive to post a witty on-topic comment beginning with "roses are red, violets are blue"....
• Commented on Lessons Learned.
  #475 hagbard: True enough, though I think it really can only explain half of it. (It seems that at least Mark Frauenfelder was already aware of the problematics of having "so many mails and so little time" when he posted...
• Commented on Lessons Learned.
  #457 Teresa Nielsen Hayden: Ditto, what's yours? If you aren't more specific, I can't be either. I'm not an experienced writer. If I wasn't able to express my point clearly enough, sorry, I can't change that. #468 takeshi: If you...
• Commented on Lessons Learned.
  Lack of coordination? Heh, it seemed pretty coordinated to me when, out of 4 editors, not a single one answers your e-mails. Twice no reply for 2 days, not even a "no comment". So someone was on vacation. (Don't you...
• Commented on That Violet Blue thing
  #802 remmelt: I'm not sure I fully understand what you're trying to get at with this rant, and I don't think I should care anyway. I don't care about blogs. I do care about the way I'm getting treated by...
• Commented on That Violet Blue thing
  I appreciate that yesterday, after the fact, I got an apologizing reply from Xeni to my original mail. Including another thinly-veiled yet vague remark about "someone's" offline behavior in an attempt to explain without explaining, and feeling the need to...
• Commented on That Violet Blue thing
  When I think of boingboing's target group, I certainly don't think of them as people who you'd want to keep silent and happily play along, pretending that previously-published content has never existed when we've just seen it disappear into a...
• Commented on (Apocryphal?) anecdote about Fahrenheit 451
  #7: do you have ANY idea of how many bibles get pumped out every year? Approximately 150 million per year, worldwide. If each of them is 1 inch thick, this would make a 2367 mile wide shelf. About 4.75 pieces...
• Commented on (Apocryphal?) anecdote about Fahrenheit 451
  #2: Interesting story...but why waste real books??? X_x What, and use mock-up books, hand-crafted by the special-effects department for £25 each?...
• Commented on Spock ears knitting pattern
  Whew, that was close. Just imagine the legal threats if those were Doctor Who knitting patterns... (previously on boingboing, openrightsgroup.org provides updates on the case)...
• Commented on American Eagle flight returns to gate after flight attendant goads autistic toddler into a tantrum
  "But autistic children usually react poorly to significant, unexpected stimuli, especially ones that they aren't used to." Like having a complete stranger reach out for the general direction of your nether-regions and tug around there. I can't imagine this being...
• Commented on Marijuana's anti-inflammatory compound
  [Dr. Nick]Inflammatory means anti-flammatory? What a country.[/Dr. Nick]...
• Commented on <i>Knight Rider</i> GPS Unit: "Hello, Michael. Where Would You Like To Go Today?"
  Yes I am. All I can hope is to negotiate about the level of my weirdness. :)...
• Commented on Tooth "tattoos"
  George Washington. Teeth. Ha, I get it!...
• Commented on Shipping children by postal mail: illegal since 1913
  Actually, the correct headline should be "Shipping children by postal mail: illegal since 1920". - At least according to countless websites that are spreading this (unsourced) trivia factoid: 1920, June 13 - The United States Postal Service rules that children...
• Commented on <i>Knight Rider</i> GPS Unit: "Hello, Michael. Where Would You Like To Go Today?"
  Really? You must have lived under a rock back then. This slogan was everywhere! It was so ubiquitous that people made all kinds of M$ jokes (much more than usual, if you can believe it). Nobody could watch the TV...
• Commented on <i>Knight Rider</i> GPS Unit: "Hello, Michael. Where Would You Like To Go Today?"
  Well to fans of a TV series it certainly DOES matter. Or would you buy a Star Trek talking alarm clock whose alarm goes "Beam me up, Welshman?" I'm not blaming anyone here. (I can't really say though that this...
• Commented on <i>Knight Rider</i> GPS Unit: "Hello, Michael. Where Would You Like To Go Today?"
  The headline says "Where Would You Like To Go Today?" But the post says "Where do you want to go today?" which is Microsoft's old trademark slogan KITT is running Windows? Unless, it's a product tie-in in a product tie-in......
• Commented on Vintage mobile phone store
  Not only is there no link, part of the post text is missing too. There should be an image but it breaks the rest of the page code. I've sent Cory a mail to nag about it....
• Commented on Long-tongued people
  "The okapi is one of the few mammals that can lick its own ears."...
• Commented on MPAA sez, "We shouldn't have to prove infringement took place before collecting $150k per file in damages"
  #29 icky2000 - "You only need to look at some of the comments above to see that your selective quotation has given some the wrong impression." You're too vague. Some? Whose comments? My impression (after reading the article no less,...
• Commented on MPAA sez, "We shouldn't have to prove infringement took place before collecting $150k per file in damages"
  #14: Possibly I'm missing the subtle irony - It's extremely rare that the RIAA actually goes to trial, because they already are able to "get the money" without providing proof. It's called settlements. They seem rather good at it too,...
• Commented on MPAA sez, "We shouldn't have to prove infringement took place before collecting $150k per file in damages"
  #3 lulu: Okay, this takes care of those who are guilty. What happens to those who are not? No they haven't any reasonable point whatsoever here. Point an almight finger at someone and say "YOU look like a witch!", burn...
• Commented on MPAA sez, "We shouldn't have to prove infringement took place before collecting $150k per file in damages"
  Mmwha? I must have misread this due to my lack of caffeine in the morning. Did they really say what I think those criminal bastard absolutists are saying now? I think my brain just melted....
• Commented on Philly cops raids activists who circulated anti-CCTV petititon
  #47 elNico: See also #35, and I invite anyone who finds my use of WWII Germany inflated to replace it with a less worn-out "Stalinist Russia", "Maoist China", "North Korea", "South Africa", "Ethiopia", or any other lesser police state if...
• Commented on Philly cops raids activists who circulated anti-CCTV petititon
  Go in any direction you want from there, so long as you move....
• Commented on Philly cops raids activists who circulated anti-CCTV petititon
  If I could edit my post I would have added something like "...decide for themselves how much overlap may become possible. I only hope they will know it when they see it." - but #35 puts it much more elaborately...
• Commented on Philly cops raids activists who circulated anti-CCTV petititon
  #15 elNico: Trivialise Nazi atrocities? I think you know that I didn't even get started on those. Over-exaggerate Philadelphia cop crap? I was talking about police powers that I find outright scary and appalling. Who said I was talking about...
• Commented on US seizes Danish dress-shop's payment to Pakistan in the name of "terrorism"
  I probably shouldn't be posting this in a public forum... I have two sweatshirts in my possession, made in Pakistan. TWO! What if it was a terrorist shop? Yes it was a local shop and I paid in cash, but...