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• Commented on Homophobic murder in Puerto Rico. Cop: "he deserved it" for his lifestyle
  It is entirely possible for a group of people to be hateful and ignorant independent of religion....
• Commented on Best exercise for healthy bones
  Jumping up and down and stomping is a bad strategy in DDR, actually. It'll tire your legs out much faster than quick, careful foot placement will....
• Commented on The Edge Case: Indies Rally To Raise Copyfight Awareness
  @ #15 zyodei National University appears to be a legitimate university. At the very least, they have quite a few physical campuses scattered around California....
• Commented on MPAA shuts down entire town's muni WiFi over a single download
  You would probably have to prove that the MPAA were occupying or involved in armed conflict with Coshocton before Collective Punishment protection would apply....
• Commented on Hitler: football coach?
  Any estimates on how many of those were troll responses? I wouldn't put it past some teenagers to pick those answers for shits and giggles....
• Commented on Anti-vaccine fear versus science
  @Thalia, #8 - Chickenpox can be a serious health threat if an adult is infected without prior immunity. However, because of the way chickenpox spreads, the only way to eliminate chickenpox from circulation is to vaccinate early for a long...
• Commented on Spiral staircase built around a 75' tree
  Also bird feces are pretty unhealthy to be around; if he climbs the tree often he might be concerned for his health....
• Commented on Report: Woman paralyzed by E. coli-tainted hamburger
  #14 - Because as soon as they ask, I no longer completely trust that they know how to safely prepare the meat that's about to hit my plate....
• Commented on Report: Woman paralyzed by E. coli-tainted hamburger
  #1 - Yeah, I get really annoyed whenever I'm asked how well I want a burger cooked. Thankfully, that's not a universal practice - I've run into about as many places that cook it through as ask you....
• Commented on A bidet wherever you go
  You can probably get similar functionality from a lab wash bottle. You'd just have to do some cutting or searching to make/find one with an upward pointing spout instead of downward....
• Commented on Tweet (#3758215106)
  Sounds like they got a tech grant and were struggling to find ways to use it before they lost it. Why else would a high school spend 12K on a cappuccino machine? I could maybe see a college doing that,...
• Commented on Tupac in Kazakhstan
  Oh hey, the Mongol Rally. Neat. A couple of my friends from high school did that this summer too. It's neat stuff....
• Commented on Burning Man Responds to EFF over fair use and photo rights attack
  I have no problem with the Burning Man folks' policy, and I think the article was a calm, composed, and well written response....
• Commented on Tweet (#3250595832)
  "they just work when you plug them in." I see. That doesn't explain why I need to soft reset my iPod every time I want to plug it in. My own experience with iTunes is already broken; adding more functionality...
• Commented on Behold! Music labels introduce own music file format, CMX
  "Ours will be a file that you click on, it opens and it would have a brand new look, with a launch page and all the different options. When you click on it you're not just going to get the...
• Commented on Water carbonator looks like a sex toy
  It reminds me of space-fill molecule renders....
• Commented on These are not just ugly stuffed animals
  Flash drives!...
• Commented on Report: Deet, popular and potent insect repellent, is neurotoxic
  Comment #32 by klenow should be required reading. If anybody skipped over it, I strongly recommend going back to it....
• Commented on Review: A week with the Etymotic hf2
  "I assumed it must be a connector when the sound occasionally came back at random intervals." Oh, okay. That does sound like a connector problem. I didn't know you were having dropouts, not total loss. Sorry about that....
• Commented on Review: A week with the Etymotic hf2
  #3 - "they invariably pack in on at least one side after a few months normal use." Have you tried cleaning them out with some ethanol? I've had earbuds go bad on one side before, and although they weren't visibly...
• Commented on Side table (not) made of old LP sleeves
  I don't think there's any records involved. It's just the sleeves, and if you have some other way to store the records it's just useless cardboard....
• Commented on Pre takes a bite out of iPhone in new Sprint ad
  @ #2 - if they didn't think that, they wouldn't have bothered making the ad....
• Commented on Corrupted files for sale to students to buy extra time
  I guess there's a sign saying "Not responsible for hardass professors who fail your ass" somewhere in there?...
• Commented on Amid censorship outrage, China's state-run TV reports that "Google Porn" causes memory loss.
  If by "for a while," he meant "a minute or two every half hour," then sure porn can make you absent-minded....
• Commented on X-Men Universe Relationship Map
  The only thing more confusing is the Summers family tree....
• Commented on DOE loans Tesla $465M to build "Model S" - Ford got $4.9B, Nissan $1.6B under same program
  @ #2 - I bet they would be angry at the expenditure regardless of when and by whom this was authorized....
• Commented on Video: StevenF's iPhone 3GS Unboxing
  I half expected the sign-off to be "For your health!" Awesome video....
• Commented on Waterboarding used on pot suspects, says London police officer
  I'm curious about what a "large amount" of pot is. Are we talking "buying ahead for a week" large or "dealer getting a shipment" large?...
• Commented on Girl who claimed her face was tattooed while sleeping comes clean
  I'm surprised. I had expected some drugs to be involved....
• Commented on PETA pushes to halt Seattle fish mongers from tossing fish
  The fish are dead. I don't think they care if you toss them around....