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Commented on Evidence in support of UK DNA database is "most unclear and badly presented piece of research"
I am very glad that Ben Goldacre writes columns in a national newspaper. I wish he could get his message across more widely....
Commented on UK National Portrait Gallery threatens Wikipedia over scans of its public domain art
Personally, I disagree - I think they're well within their rights to try to get some money back from the cost of scanning/photographing. The images were available from NPG pages, that could be linked to. Now they aren't precisely because...
Commented on Death by Chocolate (no, really): worker dies in hot cocoa mixing vat
I'm with the "This isn't funny" crowd....
Commented on PSP Phone mockup challenge furrows internet's brow
The "D-pad that would get a real industrial designer taken out back and whipped with damp towels" - they've already done it. http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/k850i?lc=en&cc=us...
Commented on Corrupted files for sale to students to buy extra time
Under their custom formats, they'll offer a corrupted .txt file - good luck with that one....
Commented on In praise of Kitchen Aid's customer service -- UPDATED
So shit=bad, the shit=great. English is a confusing language sometimes......
Commented on Iran: Neda (warning: graphic video)
Rather disappointed that Vago (113) was disemvowlled. From what I can see - and the only word I haven't worked out was "fcs" - he made a well reasoned criticism, that I can understand (although I'm not sure yet whether...
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Commented on Man records TSA harassment with iPhone
Rob - fair enough, but something in the post to indicate that there was something new would have been helpful....
Commented on Man records TSA harassment with iPhone
#3 (deja-vu) - it's worse than that, Rob made the first comment on the original BB post!...
Commented on Tweet (#2213575740)
Erm, I see no spelling error?...
Commented on Roald Dahl on vaccinating your kids
PS - http://www.blacktriangle.org/blog/?p=715 has a better formatted version of the same text....
Commented on Roald Dahl on vaccinating your kids
Roald Dahl died in 1990. Not that I'm complaining at his wise words, or that it invalidates anything said - just thought I'd point it out. (The linked site says it was written 23 years ago.)...
Commented on Sarah's Smash Shack: rental rooms you can smash crockery in
At my primary school (age 5-11), the school fêtes had something similar - crockery crash. People just donated their old stuff and you got to throw balls at it. Great fun!...
Commented on JetLev, a jetpack you might someday actually use
I would love to have a go on this......
Commented on Network card of the future never stops networking
I'd buy it. Often I want to get at files remotely, meaning I have to leave a big clunky desktop on full power. Anything that let me SSH to it to turn the computer properly on would be great....
Commented on Untitled 2
Yet again, Boing Boing posts about the same thing twice. Honestly, if it happens again I'm demanding a refund....
Commented on T-Mobile: "You are qualified for Gold Rewards!" does not mean you are qualified for Gold Rewards
I often find with these kind of things that you get better service with a letter. Print out those FAQs and point out that it's wrong, and I bet it gets fixed......
Commented on Boing Boing Video: recent episodes, in case you missed 'em.
Any reason these don't appear on the "Boing Boing Video" tab?...
Favorited Bob Harris' photo diary of a trip to the North Korea border on Boing Boing
Favorited Bob Harris' photo diary of a trip to the North Korea border on Boing Boing
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Commented on Leatherman Freestyle multitool finally to be released
MMBB - given the leatherman warranty, you've got 17 years to go. I know of someone who managed somehow to get their Leatherman to completely fall apart (trying to use it in ways that are definitely beyond the call of...
Commented on Verizon doesn't understand simple math
#71 - and, for anyone not confused yet, from the same wikipedia article In India, due to a numeral system using lakhs (lacs) (1,00,000 equal to 100 000) and crores (1,00,00,000 equal to 10 000 000), comma is used at...
Commented on How British cops are criminalising peaceful protest
That's my MP. Good to see he's doing his job....
Commented on Lenovo Pocket Yoga
http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=1030 Seems it's just a 'concept'. Bugger....
Commented on Hitman has tattooed eyelids
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/12/cartel.teens/index.html appears to be the correct link...
Commented on Jon Stewart slaughters crazy finance guy Jim Cramer -- video
Full versions now on thedailyshow.com - I recommend looking at the 3 'outtakes' segments to see the full interview (they're not just outtakes, they include everything that was in the show as well). Interesting to see if this does lead...
Commented on Predicting the Predictions: Sun's Starfire (1993)
I see what you mean about the plot - interesting video though. As you say, most of those things can be done now, to a limited degree; although I'm not sure I'd want colleagues always seeing what I was up...
Commented on Battery charger with LCD display
Anyone know of an equivalent for the UK? (Or even Europe; just want something that'll be happy on 230V...)...

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Kieran O'Neill commented on Untitled 1
@Arkizzle: Lol. Sorry I probably shouldn't have opened that Pandora's Box, although I doubt I'm the only one thinking that. I guess we can try and close the lid and hope nothing comes out through the crack... Anyway, I think the discussion's moved on, and most of the "regulars" are kinda fading into the background. One opinion I have is that by banning Takuan, the Boingers are laying their community down on the ground, putting a pistol to its head, and pulling the trigger. All that will remain will be the twitching of a slowly cooling corpse. Well, that's melodramatic,...
eustace commented on Untitled 1
Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Untitled 1?...
buddy66 commented on Untitled 1
"Banish plump Jack and banish all the world." I've enjoyed y'all's company the past couple of years and have had a thousand laughs. BB was a bright spot in a dark time and I am properly grateful. I rarely added to this thread, although I engaged in some spirited exchanges elsewhere, and I always checked it out as a sort of bulletin board. I will continue to check in and lurk about on occasion but have decided to otherwise end my participation in BB's community. This business with Takuan is too much for me... It's time to transfer out of...
arkizzle / Moderator commented on Untitled 1
Damn Buddy, sad to see you go. You added a fine, true tone to the noise. Hope you'll drop back when it suits. You'll be missed....
ridl commented on Untitled 1
you know there's something about it all that no one talks about, or at least I haven't spent that much time mulling over, and that is that even if we fail even if the species dies and the planet is set back hundreds of millions of generations and all the languages are lost we can't fail we can't be lost and it's just not true because our timeline is one of infinite and somewhere we make it somewhere some iteration of me and you and everyone every decision I make somewhere I make the decision that I would make if...

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