Kyle Goetz

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• Commented on How to run, meditate, and not get hurt
  I learned how to run (rather than just doing what came natural) and started running longer distances soon after. My shin splints went away. The interesting thing? No pain, but I wear tennis shoes rather than run barefoot! The shock!...
• Commented on What actual Mayans are saying about 2012
  I remember first seeing a book about 2012 a decade or so ago. To my puny high school brain, it looked bogus. And now people actually believe it. Yeesh. Although I will say, 2012 (the film) looks to be interesting...
• Commented on Death row Inmates' last words
  @30 I read your two buttons as "death penalty" and "life in prison." A flaw in your reasoning is that the second button can be "unpressed," which is one factor that makes #2 more humane than #1....
• Commented on FCC chairman promises net neutrality except that Hollywood can spy on you and screw up your net connection if it wants to
  To be fair, Clinton may have "given us the DMCA," but it was really the Congress. Had Clinton vetoed the DMCA, the veto would have been overridden. The DMCA was passed UNANIMOUSLY in the Senate and via voice vote in...
• Commented on Senator's campaign website suffers search-engine death penalty for embedding invisible homophobic slur against opponent
  Last I heard a week ago (admittedly I've been out of the news cycle for a couple weeks due to the bar exam), KBH was still denying that she's running for governor against Perry, and will only run if he...
• Commented on Boing Boing Nerd Merit Badge!
  I'm pretty stoked about the fact that, thus far, I qualify for all four nerd merit badges. Assuming that starting my own open source project and having my own commits added to it counts for the open source badge. ;)...
• Commented on Off-Kilter Japanese Cult TV show "Oh! Mikey"
  This show works very well if you watch it in small bits: think 10 minutes at a time. It's hilarious that way. Very, very hilarious. Also, I just watched the clip. I didn't even know there was an English version....
• Commented on Reputation as virtual property
  To further expound on what Anon #3 said above, in law school we are taught that property is merely a "bundle of rights," which you may disaggregate and exchange. We don't think of property as physical objects in law school....
• Commented on Man has spent 14 years in jail for contempt without being charged for a crime
  So the guy has cancer: He gets himself held in jail for 14 years to get free medical care. Big surprise....
• Commented on Bush official: we tortured Gitmo detainee
  @4 Daemon: There are very specific requirements to be classified a POW under Geneva. One is that you must fight in uniform and follow the the laws of war. If you do not do this, you are not a POW....
• Commented on Facts versus the lie of "liberal, out-of-touch Hollywood"
  Zippyspincycle: You and I seem to be the only two who caught that. I enjoy your cynicism. ;)...
• Commented on Two Appealing Alphabet Sets
  To point out, the Star Wars alphabet is called Aurebesh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurebesh#Writing Just like "alphabet" comes from "alpha" and "beta," "aurebesh" comes from "aurek" and "besh," the first two letters in the alphabet....
• Commented on Vader joins the Lutheran Church of Iceland
  Shrdlu: Thanks for that link. I can't help but notice that practically everyone there has a Germanic surname! I wonder why... Arikol: Lutherans are considered extreme Christians? Pray tell why. To the best of my knowledge, Lutherans are quite moderate...
• Commented on Browse iTunes for music, then buy from Amazon
  I could have sworn iTunes offered DRM-free music now. Oh well. I hardly buy music (podcasts are sufficient) and when I do, I definitely don't buy /heavily compressed/ music....
• Commented on Typewriter stays relevant in technology-saturated world
  A lawyer I worked with this summer had an old typewriter on his desk as a conversation piece. It was a really nice, old one....
• Commented on THIS IS NOT SELF PROMOTION
  rlly, rlly lk y, PC. Bt t sms thr r thr bngvrtsmnts n th frntpg rght nw. Cm n. 'm gng t tk wk ff f Bng Bng thn cm bck....
• Commented on Riding Out the Credit Crisis
  I don't like the phrase "quick to grok." Isn't the point of the word "grok" that you come to completely understand something? It's not possible to quickly grok something, is it?...
• Commented on EFF sues Cheney, Bush, and the NSA to stop illegal wiretapping
  I'm all for being passionate about the EFF, but isn't it sort of gauche to tell people how much money you donate? I actually hope to work for the EFF one day, but that's a long time off. First, I'd...
• Commented on California Supreme Court: Non-compete clauses are not enforceable
  I didn't see anyone talking about this in the comments, but people on Slashdot were asking about this yesterday: the decision only applies to people in CA and has virtually no effect on any non-compete elsewhere. The decision was highly...
• Commented on Wil Wheaton (and his GTA obsession) profiled in GEEK.
  I picked up a copy of GEEK magazine about a year or two ago when it was new. Terrible, terrible magazine full of lame attempts at humor (worse than most geeks' jokes) and annoying writing. I was disappointed. Has it...
• Commented on HOWTO make a D12 handbag
  Holy crap that is amazing. I'm going to have to make a D20 bag and then figure out some way to be (1) a guy (2) in law school (3) who has a D20 handbag (4) without getting ripped on....
• Commented on Italians choosing pasta over pizza
  @mikey #12: If you're referring to Bush, we don't eat pulled pork barbecue in Texas. I assume you were insinuating that GWB would care about pulled pork BBQ because he's Texan. We eat chopped brisket (beef) sandwiches here. Although you...
• Commented on Netgear router is open-source in both software and hardware
  @2 Freshyill: WRT54G alternate firmwares were in their infancy before 2002. I remember being in high school before '02 watching TechTV and they talked about the DD-WRT firmware....
• Commented on The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City
  I've got to get this book. I've been studying this sort of thing for about a year now, with the realization that I'm about to finish law school and will hopefully within a few years be able to buy some...
• Commented on House passes bill that will let the RIAA take away your home for downloading music
  I can't believe no one here has addressed the simple fact that this seizure only happens with respect to property used to commit CRIMINAL copyright infringement. http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#506 First, it's very difficult to prove criminal copyright infringement (that whole "beyond reasonable...
• Commented on Graphic graphic: UK Office of Govt Commerce's new logo
  Perhaps it's my Buddhist nature or my Asian background, but I've always thought OGC was a monk praying with one hand, not someone fapping....
• Commented on Chance to kill software patents opens
  @#2: Bugs, One reason for opposing software patents which I think is a valid and logical opposition is as follows. According to the US Constitution, the raison d'etre of patents is to promote "the useful . . . [s]ciences." A...
• Commented on Marriage proposal as patent application
  @#7 Peacerant: She said yes. If you'll read the second-to-last claim: "In the ideal situation where Ellie accepts the diamond ring, Ryan should sign the patent application and deposit the patent application with the United States Postal Service." His filing...
• Commented on Loads more US caselaw online for free
  @Takuan (22) I wish I shared your optimism....
• Commented on Sweded remake of Star Wars
  @THE WURST Oh, come on. First of all, it seems an easy enough leap from "normal people remaking films" (which happens all the time already) to "sharing those films with others." I haven't seen Be Kind Rewind yet, but my...