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• Commented on Classic Meme Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
  "No one saw this on a Netscape browser, because the browser couldn't play video." I seem to recall quicktime offering a plugin that allowed videos to be viewed in browser....
• Commented on Life-sized walking Tauntaun costume
  But did he make it smell bad on the outside?...
• Commented on Muppets singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  All members of the Electric Mayhem are mult-talented. Even animal but he tends to eat other instruments so they leave him on the drums....
• Commented on Muppets singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  I am pretty sure it is still Henson Co. running things in the Muppet shop led by Jim's son Brian....
• Commented on Radical Militant Librarian tee
  Reminds me of a great anime/manga "Toshokan_Sensō" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshokan_Sensō Basic premise: in 1989 the Japanese Govt began censoring anything they found to be potentially harmful to society. Local groups formed acutal militias (Library Defense Forces) to protect books and information from...
• Commented on Zero gravity spice rack for crowded kitchens
  I am pretty sure the bottom of the shelf is actually where the magnet lies so no matter what you put on the top or bottom it will work....
• Commented on Trailer for movie adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road
  @5 mgfarrelly I do believe you mean "The Proposition" "The Proposal" is not a good movie....
• Commented on Lego cookie-cutter
  @Sijay "When Lego Group starts selling bricks by weight or volume rather than unit count I will reconsider not using the plural." They actually do sell by volume. My local Lego store has a wall of bins of random pieces....
• Commented on Poor design-choices in the Star Wars universe
  @cognitive dissonance #25 The walkers had to land so far away because the rebels had an energy shield around their base. This is mentioned a few times during the film....
• Commented on SanDisk Puts Its $$$ Where Its Slot Is [Yet Again]
  @8 Nutbastard The Sansa E260 I use has just that. I never use any kind of "managing" software to load my music on. Just open up the drive and plop it in. Same goes when i use its expanded memory...
• Commented on Star Wars Cantina song, a capella
  Fred Bush, I've got that album! It is indeed sweet. If only there was some way I could put it online for all to enjoy....
• Commented on IKEA sends breastfeeder to the toilets
  @anonymous 81 Unless you sign a contract (ie a membership at Costco) there is no law that I know of requiring you to show your receipt after you have purchased. Any invasion of privacy is an invasion. It doesn't matter...
• Commented on IKEA sends breastfeeder to the toilets
  "But lots of people don't feel that way about it. It makes many people uncomfortable." Then to that redstar I must say, the problem lies with those who have issue with it. Not with a mother giving nourishment to their...
• Commented on IKEA sends breastfeeder to the toilets
  So redstar, should every human being in the US be forced to sit in closed curtain booths so no one can see anyone eat? It is minds like yours that make this fallacy of "not acceptable in American society" to...
• Commented on Torchwood, reviewed (Metzger likes it)
  @anon 26 While it is 100% possible to watch Torchwood without ever watching Doctor Who, I do recommend doing so. If nothing else, to see the origins of Captain Jack, how he became who he is in Torchwood and what...
• Commented on Torchwood, reviewed (Metzger likes it)
  @Antiqueight yes you got cursed at, but lets not forget that you threw the insults first....
• Commented on Torchwood, reviewed (Metzger likes it)
  I guess I will stop defending it, but I seriously have never understood the hatred people have for Series 1 of Torchwood. Rough around the edges? Sure, but hey.. they were trying something somewhat new and different. But 7 different...
• Commented on Torchwood, reviewed (Metzger likes it)
  Johnnyrighton... the show is SO much more than that. You are missing on some of the best scifi to come around in years. Whereas Enterprise had to bring in the sex as a way to get ratings, Torchwood just uses...
• Commented on Torchwood, reviewed (Metzger likes it)
  @Bugs #3. Gonna have to disagree with you on that one. The characters motivations have been there from day one. They have just been a little slow to develop. Sorry you only thought it was all "whos shagging who." While...
• Commented on A designer gadget that measures spaghetti
  @#1 scaught Alton should frown upon himself for the high number of uni-taskers he still uses....
• Commented on Eco-friendly textile coffins
  excellent! More products to the already overpriced industry that prides itself on gouging customers at the worst possible time....
• Commented on Elderly retired boxing champ beats six kinds of crap out of drunken burglar neighbour
  @9 Takuan This rule 1? "Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men!"...
• Commented on AOL CDs make great shims for home carpentry projects
  Dculberson, What happens when they crack and pieces fall out or get dislodged. That is what I am talking about. Plus, shims are often needed to fill small spaces and then be trimmed out to "disappear" How the hell are...
• Commented on AOL CDs make great shims for home carpentry projects
  I would worry about the CDs cracking over time for them to be worthy as long term shims....
• Commented on If you'd pay $55 a month to tether your iPhone, you're just plain stupid
  "...that AT&T's network simply can't handle it, and it's pricing it to kill it, or it's just concluded that iPhone users are gullible spendthifts." Or possibly both....
• Commented on Shortchange you can believe in
  Since they co-opted his image, I am suprised they just didnt name it the "BarackBarry"...
• Commented on <em>fracking</em>, a word
  @19-Kurtmac So you don't consider "Shit" to be a swear word?...
• Commented on Review: Wüsthof electric knife sharpener
  Spyderco tri sharpening system is the best (and easiest to use) way I have found. I never trust a sharpening device that doesn't allow me to see the blade connect to the sharpening bits....
• Commented on <em>fracking</em>, a word
  @Remmelt Do you mean other than the obvious "lets get past the censors by making up swear words" reason?...
• Commented on <em>fracking</em>, a word
  I would also like to point out that the "Galactica" version of the word has no C. i.e. frak I've seen it spelled with the C and it looks wrong. Plus, its no longer then a 4 letter expletive....