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• Commented on Comic about Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage
  who would have thought Babbage would be such popular topic in comics? Here is another Babbage comic http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=5 (albeit a single page one)...
• Commented on Early 1990s TV commercial - pay $2 a minute to hear a story that will make you cry
  SOMEONE OUT THERE MUST STILL KNOW WHAT THE SAD STORIES WERE! Maybe it was something more like this? http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20040119monday.html...
• Commented on Early 1990s TV commercial - pay $2 a minute to hear a story that will make you cry
  Its the pay per minute version of the onion cellar scene in "the Tin Drum"...
• Commented on Topps Nutty Initials original art on eBay
  WhoA! He also did the original "Mars Attacks" cards!...
• Commented on Topps Nutty Initials original art on eBay
  There is a site much of his work here. normansaunders.com...
• Commented on Snap-on bottle top for soda cans
  MudPup- Yer doin it wrong!...
• Commented on "No Quiet," a watch band-like ring
  Quick tip for makers: Knuckle Hair may be quickly and painlessly removed by lightly passing the flame of a propane(or butane) torch over your hands....
• Commented on Jackson Pollock's name hidden in his painting Mural?
  http://newsflavor.com/world/asia/an-unusual-phenomenon-the-monkey-spirit-tree-in-singapore/...
• Commented on Jackson Pollock's name hidden in his painting Mural?
  wait... wait... now i see the entire text of the complete works of James Joyce. This painting does genuinely contain a bunch of letter-like-shapes. More so than most Pollock's....
• Commented on Jackson Pollock's name hidden in his painting Mural?
  I see "flashdance"...
• Commented on 500 Pound Planet: Chapter Two
  Jesse, have you used the audio clip about taxi cabs and chivalry elsewhere? I was afflicted with massive dejavu upon hearing it....
• Commented on What if James Dean had lived?
  If James Dean had lived he would have become our first openly gay president....
• Commented on 3D movies are doomed to gimmickhood
  This sounds like a challenge to prove you wrong. Btw, There is already a burgeoning scene of home-brew 3D video projects, technology hacking etc. Here's one interesting approach that would work even for the those with only one eye. http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=976...
• Commented on Robot can hop over 25-foot fences
  Improved weapons have long history of decreasing the number of casualties. really they do......
• Commented on The great punk poet Jim Carroll has died.
  Yesterday, one of my GF's kittens died of fading kitten syndrome, and i started singing the "died died" song, except enumerating all the deaths of cats i've been close to over the years. I didn't learn that Jim died until...
• Commented on William S. Burroughs documentary
  Re #2 I'm opposed to junky-chic, misogyny,and pedophilia. Willy B is not a good role model, but he is one of the greatest, most profoundly American voices of the 20th century. His books are not "novels" so much as one...
• Commented on Steampunk flash drive
  beautifully made. But that's not a how-to. That's the maker waving their balls majestically in the air....
• Commented on Struggled Reagans: casting strange adult movie
  first! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fermata...
• Commented on Machine translation fun
  "i feel ambivalent about computer based translation systems." = "Our translation system is a computer-based ambivalent."...
• Commented on Machine translation fun
  "where is my life?" instantly becomes and forever remains "My life is here?"...
• Commented on In America, it is increasingly illegal to be poor.
  well said, RevEng...
• Commented on In America, it is increasingly illegal to be poor.
  To all the folks demanding the homeless "take responsibility" for their actions, what does that mean? seriously... take responsibility for having no legs? take responsibility for being mentally retarded? take responsibility for hearing voices and not remembering your own name?...
• Commented on In America, it is increasingly illegal to be poor.
  Paging concern-troll Mattharvest to the red courtesy phone... Paging concern-troll Mattharvest to the red courtesy phone......
• Commented on Rocking chair looks like a purple hot dog
  has jeff koons sued yet?...
• Commented on R. Crumb's Short History (and future) of America
  my eyes just got all tearyed up. happens every time i look at that sequence....
• Commented on Report: Deet, popular and potent insect repellent, is neurotoxic
  I also can vouch that DEET will melt through many plastics. I remember first hearing it was potentially dangerous in the late 80's and quit using it then. I'm not sure melting plastic is a good indicator of toxicity though....
• Commented on Remixing Nancy comics
  Strevalex, you are of the peoples republic?...
• Commented on The Amazing Unseen Hitler Films
  Are there any universities in you area with good film archives? might be good place to start poking around. If the films are genuine. every time you put them though a regular projector risks total destruction. On the other hand,...
• Commented on America makes nothing except weapons -- UPDATED
  The idea of the U.S. dominating "THE INFORMATION ECONOMY" is racist bullshit & its biting us in the ass. Its based on the assumption that whites are intrinsically destined to lead the world. At Harvard, MIT, & Cornell a high...
• Commented on Odd Images of Escape Chute Lead to Better Story
  if the people didn't look so square, these could be stills from "The Forbidden Zone" http://www.forbiddenzonethemovie.com/...