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• Commented on In praise of IBM ThinkPad warranty service
  Although I'm a Mac user (now), I usually recommend Lenovo/IBM laptops to people who absolutely must have a PC (and aren't savvy enough to bootcamp it). All of the other mainstream brands of pc laptops seem to fall apart within...
• Commented on HOWTO make scary guts out of expanding foam insulation
  Phallurrific...
• Commented on Battle of The Billboards in LA: Giant Boozy Ladyparts are OK, Criticizing Insurance Companies Ain't.
  @12: No it doesn't. You're thinking of "manko". "Mango" in Japanese means "mango"....
• Commented on Neil Gaiman's library
  I'd rather have these as searchable pdfs....
• Commented on A "Tramp Stamp" I Can Get Behind...
  What an awful tattoo. It's all lopsided....
• Commented on Palm Pre Ad, Trauma Edition
  I don't get it, are they trying to imply that the Pre software doesn't run smoothly?...
• Commented on Review: Primus Eta Pack Lite
  The first thing I thought of when I read the name of the pack was 穢多. They should probably change the name if they ever market it in Japan....
• Commented on Bees in my light fixture
  3000 bees 1 cup fapfapfap...
• Commented on Doll, haunted, $22.49
  They forgot the part that goes "Forward this message to 30 people or she will come out of your closet to rape and kill you". How can you be both courageous and afraid to escape at the same time?...
• Commented on Watch out for that lampshade!
  The creepiest part is that the girl who gets all disembodied looks EXACTLY like my ex-gf, down to the haircut....
• Commented on Pez Candy Inc sues Museum of Pez Memorabilia for copyright infringement
  If it wasn't for the collectible/nostalgia factor, Pez would be long out of business. That stuff is gross....
• Commented on What will phones look like in a decade?
  Most Japanese cellphones are already water resistant/proof....
• Commented on Maker of world's cheapest car is going to sell $7,800 apartments in India
  Even the smallest one is still bigger than my last apartment in Japan....
• Commented on Do not board the elevator with robot
  I thought he was holding the robot....
• Commented on Untitled 2
  It's still better than reading about yet-more-homemade-steampunk....
• Commented on Tantra chair, for people who love sex
  What does this provide that a public washroom toilet does not?...
• Commented on The Guitar Hanger in fact does
  @#7: true, I am cooler than all of them -signed, a guitar player (I only have one leather jacket)...
• Commented on Nazi-bred super cows will save the dung beetles!
  Heck cows have heavy poos...
• Commented on Nazi-bred super cows will save the dung beetles!
  Wouldn't all the methane off that dung pose a danger to the atmosphere?...
• Commented on The Guitar Hanger in fact does
  Yay for scratched up finishes due to zippers. If you want to store your guitar out of sight, just put it in a gig bag or case and put it in the closet....
• Commented on Somali Pirates Have a Livejournal
  but do they have a posse?...
• Commented on Time-Warner bandwidth cap protest this Saturday in Rochester NY
  Why all the protesting now? Kind of late I think. Bandwidth caps aren't new. I don't think there are ANY isps left in Canada without low bandwidth caps. I'd probably be happy to pay the $150/mo for guaranteed unlimited unshaped...
• Commented on Best Buy's "community" forum flags "Buy.com" as offensive
  This post should have has NSFW on it. Can we have a unicorn chaser?...
• Commented on Power On Self Test: God ★ Jesus
  @#3: You need to work on recognizing similar looking characters. It says "占いロボ、ゴッドジーザス" =Fortune Telling Robot, God-Jesus...
• Commented on Japan's "suicide forest"
  I've been though the 'suicide forest' a couple times. You go through it on descent from the Mt. Fuji climb. I haven't seen any bodies though, since I haven't gone off the trails. I never carried a compass so I...
• Commented on Review: A few hours with Motorola's Tundra
  @2: A lot of non-ruggedized stuff can survive being driven over (my friend's iPhone for example). I'm betting it would survive a launch into a field too. As for the waterproofing, many Japanese phones are now waterproof/resistant (it was THE...
• Commented on Review: A few hours with Motorola's Tundra
  Surviving a 4ft drop = milspec? My 1￥ cellphone from 2006 has survived more than that. Is this phone significantly more rugged than something like http://www.casiogzone.com/ ? If it was a 40ft drop I'd be impressed....
• Commented on People live in tiny cubicles in Japanese cyber-cafe
  $30,000 is a tidy sum, if you ignore the fact that it's expensive to own and operate a place of that size in Tokyo with all the services a typical internet cafe offers. The operator probably barely makes any money...
• Commented on These NERF cannons can not be
  This game just encourages real life Nerf violence. Where is Jack Thompson when you need him? Think of the children....
• Commented on This is a video of a girl in a NES controller bikini
  #4: She is 22 (23 in June) according to Wikipedia......