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• Commented on High school student suing Amazon over book-deletions which rendered his study-notes useless
  I think this kid has the right idea. Amazon didn't have the legal obligation or authority to delete the books when it discovered they came from an unauthorized seller. Just yesterday the NYTimes "Green Inc." blog posted a story about...
• Commented on Apple's new Final Cut Studio is out (short version: I am impressed).
  @1, To echo #4, it ain't about eliminating paychecks: A production company can now say to a client "We can get your shit ready 3 months earlier than before", thus making the client very happy and likely to commission more...
• Commented on Black man dragged to death 200 miles from site of Byrd murder 10 years ago.
  @47, Well, I'm with you on boycotting/refusing goods and services. Your other suggestions constitute massive civil/personal rights violations on the level of totalitarianism. Setting that aside, I wish places like that could be wiped out. Behavior and beliefs that lead...
• Commented on Black man dragged to death 200 miles from site of Byrd murder 10 years ago.
  @36, Hollywoodbob, It's not like neighboring cities and counties can just waltz into towns with, shall we say, "less than admirable beliefs" and re-educate the populace by force (even if they wanted to). @37, Anthony, I recently moved from Austin...
• Commented on Paid placement for brands in pop lyrics
  #3: "which involves paying Second Life citizens 90 cents an hour to make real, customized jeans designed in the virtual factory." 90 cents, not dollars. Even in SL, 90 cents isn't much. You can get more for standing around the...
• Commented on Girls warned playing didgeridoo could cause infertility
  I think I could respect the outrage if they had limited their objections to it's "definitely a men's business ceremonial tool". Lots of cultures have divided rituals between the genders. They open themselves up to a whole bunch of mockery...
• Commented on Device clamps on face to preserve goatee
  #21 and #23: Click on the link in the post. It will take you to a picture of a DEA person, complete with overly large hip-strapped-pistol, sporting some majorly hipsterish chin fuzz....
• Commented on Science Fiction Museum job opening
  Bro Pro (#14), Most "mature museum collections" are the result of a wealthy person consuming conspicuously according to their personal tastes (see the Gardener and the Barnes collection as 2 examples). "Popular culture" simply refers to things that are currently...
• Commented on Science Fiction Museum job opening
  I admit to not being very familiar with the EMP|SFM. Still, I'm quite surprised/disappointed by all the bitching. Boo! If any of you would please read the job description, you ought to be heartened by the fact that they're looking...
• Commented on Bounty offered to anyone who can prove homeopathy outperforms placebos
  @#7, @#8, £10,000 is nowhere near $1,000,000. According to several online currency converters, that amount is roughly equal to $19,719. Which is a pittance compared to Randi's million....
• Commented on First-ever video of human ovulation
  After looking at the photos in the linked-to article, I'm inclined to think that the clip doesn't actually show the ovulation. Also, the article says the ovulation captured in the photos took 15 minutes, as opposed to the 55 seconds...
• Commented on Kirk/Spock cartoon video / Pulp's "Common People" mashup
  Super awesome! But I don't see how it's K/S slash cartoon....
• Commented on Ontario bakery succeeds with honor payment system
  Well, you're sorta right, Project. A true honor system would be "pay what you think it's worth", like what Radiohead did with their last album. Since this bakery is posting actual prices for their goods, how they collect is up...
• Commented on Video of "Japanese Only" signs in Japan
  Don't people know by now that Babelfish is the world's worst translator?...
• Commented on Dan Proops's digital culture-inspired oil paintings
  #7: No. From Wikipedia (b/c I'm too lazy to pull a 20lb art history text off my bookshelf): The Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Het Meisje met de Parel) is one of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's masterworks and as...
• Commented on "Medical necessity" defense a success in Texas pot possession trial
  It's easy to judge the informant as "evil" because we know the grave medical condition of the man, Stevens. You must understand that Amarillo is a politically and culturally conservative city. The informant probably gave no thought to calling the...