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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....
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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...
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Commented on Death by Chocolate (no, really): worker dies in hot cocoa mixing vat
I'm with the "This isn't funny" crowd....
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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...
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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....
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Commented on In praise of Kitchen Aid's customer service -- UPDATED
So shit=bad, the shit=great. English is a confusing language sometimes......
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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....
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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!...
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Commented on Tweet (#2213575740)
Erm, I see no spelling error?...
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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....
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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.)...
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Commented on Sarah's Smash Shack: rental rooms you can smash crockery in
At my primary school (age 5-11), the school fĂȘtes had something similar - crockery crash. People just donated their old stuff and you got to throw balls at it. Great fun!...
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Commented on JetLev, a jetpack you might someday actually use
I would love to have a go on this......
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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....
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Commented on Untitled 2
Yet again, Boing Boing posts about the same thing twice. Honestly, if it happens again I'm demanding a refund....
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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......
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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
- Favorited Untitled 1 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...
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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...
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Commented on How British cops are criminalising peaceful protest
That's my MP. Good to see he's doing his job....
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Commented on Lenovo Pocket Yoga
http://lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=1030 Seems it's just a 'concept'. Bugger....
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Commented on Hitman has tattooed eyelids
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/12/cartel.teens/index.html appears to be the correct link...
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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...
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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...
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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...)...
