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• Commented on Star Trek: a complicated rainbow coalition
  "Don't forget Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi, aka , aka Doctor Julian Bashir on Deep Space Nine." ...Of course, he goes by Alexander Siddig, and has for about 15 years now....
• Commented on Star Trek replicas that actually do something
  ...Has anyone ever tested if kittehs will go berzerk more over a Blu-ray laser point than a standard el-cheapo red one?...
• Commented on BB Video: ARPANET turns 40, and Vintage Computers in Slovenia
  ...What game is that? Wizard of Wor?...
• Commented on Star Trek characters who Tweet
  ...And of course you have Wil Wheaton tweeting, who not only doesn't follow anyone elses tweets, but uses Twitter to babble incoherently. I suppose it's an attempt to extract revenge against anyone foolish to follow his Tweets who also despised...
• Commented on Star Trek replicas that actually do something
  ...So, if it's real, will it be powerful enough to burn through an inflated car tire? Might come in handy when some frat punk tries to run you off the road on the way to his next kegger....
• Commented on A history of Star Trek porn
  ...One thing to be said about the spate of Trek porn in the late 90's: Ron "Hedgehog" Jeremy showed he has enough acting skills to easily replace the late Roger C. Carmel as one Harcourt Fenton Mudd....
• Commented on SteamVibe: "Stainless steel, brass and awesome."
  ...Why am I expecting to see this on the news after having literally punched some poor gal a new asshole *and* vagina?...
• Commented on Hybrid plant-human virtual pets for your desk
  ...There you go. Avant-Garde Terrariums for Chia Pets, all for the uberelite nuovoriche. Go figger....
• Commented on Questions for Ford's CEO?
  "Joel, great, it's not a sponsored thing, but it's obviously a marketing thing. C'mon man, can't you see how this seems suspect?" ...Nah, Joel's hasn't sold out to Ford. He has a bit more credibility than that. Steampunk, on the...
• Commented on Questions for Ford's CEO?
  ...You know the real reason the US auto industry is going to hell? As I pointed out on the Citroen thread earlier, they keep giving us globs and pregnant eggs for cars when they should be giving us cars that...
• Commented on Visualizing the power grid
  ...The amazing thing is that there's far fewer points of redundancy that I would have expected from a nationwide power grid. On the other hand, the real surprise is how devoid of major power feeds West Texas is....
• Commented on Photo: Citroën Karin (1980)
  ...This is why Detroit's gone to hell. They refuse to give us cars like this, thinking we'd prefer pregnant eggs for car bodies....
• Commented on Seiko drum machine watch of the 1980s
  ...You know, I remember these being talked about in some of the tech rags, but I never saw one in the stores. Did they ever actually get released on the market?...
• Commented on Periscope Lighted Folio for Kindle 2
  ...How long before they release this with a Moleskine cover? :-P...
• Commented on PSE TAC-15, Tactical Assault Crossbow
  ...There used to be a local guy who attended the gun nut shows in Texas whose hobby and side business was converting conventional rifle stocks into crossbows like this. I even remember one show where he got into an argument...
• Commented on Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (1950)
  ...I've always wanted one of these since one of my cousins told me he had one when he was growing up. Atomic energy can be fun, educational *and* safe if it's done right, and Gilbert always did have a way...
• Commented on "The most cynical apology I have ever seen"
  ...Typical (cr)Apple....
• Commented on Art Deco keyboard
  "OM, that is fascinating. Do you have a author/title I could look up for more info?" ...Shelby, I wish I did. The majority of info I have on Art Deco was gathered together about 10 years ago for a website...
• Commented on Art Deco keyboard
  ...I'll jump on this like white on rice! I've gotten so sick of Steampunk that I'm 193.4% in agreement that it's time for Art Nuoveau/Deco to stage a comeback. Most people don't realize that the sole reason the predominant style...
• Commented on Hawking rushed to hospital
  ...According to the BBC and some of the tweets that have been circulating around, he was taken in for "breathing difficulties". He's now reportedly "resting comfortably", but no other reports of his condition have been issued by 8:25pm CDT....
• Commented on "This is your second notice that your factory warranty is about to expire"
  ...If you have Twitter, retweet out the URL for that info on these scammers. Then take the time to file the complaints yourself. While you're at it, call your congressman and complain that the agencies filing the complaints aren't acting...
• Commented on Go to the Panasonic Online Design Museum right now
  ...I remember both of these quite well, as I had both of them. The Radio I ended up retiring in favor of a quadrophonic AM/FM Stereo unit that lasted me 25 years before it finally gave up the tubes. The...
• Commented on HP-35 scientific calculator gets IEEE milestone award
  ...Hell, why doesn't anyone give the venerable, original LED TI-30 it's due? This was the first seriously affordable scientific calculator, handled all the basic Trig functions with memory, and even came with a neat denimesque hip case that looped through...
• Commented on Power On Self Test: God ★ Jesus
  ...Well, all you Galactica fans were wondering why Ron Moore wouldn't show us the Cylon God. Now you know....
• Commented on Candle vs. Laptop
  ...Otay, I know I've accused trolls in the past of spooging on their systems, but this is going a bit beyond that :-P...
• Commented on Love Design: If Pottery Barn sold dildoes
  ...The real question is when Ikea will start carrying these as part of their PR0N and STUFITT lines....
• Commented on UK farm grows 1301 fluorescent light bulbs
  "Old. But worth repeating." ...Yeah. Wasn't I getting my leg chopped off about this time last year when this was first posted?...
• Commented on Would you like an "OpenBar?"
  "Frankly, if you want to support Digg and their viewers with your site, just put the buttons Digg gives you to put in your pages" ...Actually, I'd love to figure out how to *BLOCK* those buttons. I've noticed that in...
• Commented on OXCART: The Real Secret of Area 51
  ...Whoops. No they're not. Apparently BB is having some server burp issues. Mea culprit....
• Commented on OXCART: The Real Secret of Area 51
  ...Whoops. No they're not. Apparently BB is having some server burp issues. Mea culprit....