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• Commented on ICANN haz cheezburger (Update to "Xeni on Maddow")
  Three words: two email addresses. We old farts remember when the same issue came up for email in the multiple walled gardens: did you put your CompuServe *and* your AOL *and* your newfangled Internet address on your card? When did...
• Commented on ICANN haz cheezburger (Update to "Xeni on Maddow")
  >Oh yeah, that's going to work out swell. Note that I said "is responsible for preventing", not "will prevent". Having said that, *every* DNS registry is responsible for preventing look-alike names, fraudulent registration, and so on. ICANN has it easy:...
• Commented on ICANN haz cheezburger (Update to "Xeni on Maddow")
  Allowing internationalized domains in the top level has almost nothing to do with typing your email. This is no different than you entering comments in a "leave a comment" box on a web page that is in a language you...
• Commented on BB Video: "Web of Love," Prescient '60s Homage to Online Dating (Oddball Video)
  It would be great for someone to find out if Joi Lansing is still alive and what she did for the 40 years after the video....
• Commented on Net Neutrality gave us the Web and saved us from gopher
  Oh, man. This is defintely junk. I'm there with Waldo (including being "one of those network administrators who preferred Gopher") and at one point had a business running both Gopher and HTTP. The preference for HTTP had *nothing* to do...
• Commented on Mystery sonic boom in California
  I don't know how far it was heard on the "Central Coast". In Santa Cruz (near UCSC), it was definitely a single boom, and not terribly loud, nor rolling....
• Commented on More unsold inventory piling up: Toyota stores unsold cars aboard ship
  That's Malmö (the 'o' has an umlaut). Spelling is spelling, particularly when we are talking about major cities....
• Commented on Hindu extremists promote cow-urine soft-drink
  Why did you use the terms "extremists" and "radical" in the post? And why did you put the word "ayurvedic" in quotes. Sure, you might not agree with their religion or health practices, but this kind of xenophobia seems pretty...
• Commented on Feijoa fruits are ripe
  The condo complex that is near my house has half a dozen large trees/bushes of these. We grab them on our walks and fill our jacket pockets. Because we don't trust ones already on the ground (there are lots of...
• Commented on Caption this. No, seriously.
  I can't believe it took to #73 to get this one. It's Jerry Garcia fans, although half of them are using the wrong hand....
• Commented on Black man dragged to death 200 miles from site of Byrd murder 10 years ago.
  The fuller story in the paper this morning says that the three were long-time friends, and in a group of long-time friends that had more blacks and whites in it. So, the "story" here might in fact be the exact...
• Commented on Iran: death penalty for “corrupt weblogs”
  Design question: why would an article about a potential government action in a Muslim country come with a picture of a mosque instead of, say, a picture of their parliament?...
• Commented on WELL party video, 1989: proto-online social network meetup
  I *think* that's me doing a quick non-speaking cameo behind Janey just when she's talking about working with Mickey Hart. The sleeveless tiedye certainly seems familiar. FWIW, pozar had a 50th birthday party this weekend and I got to see...