SamF

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• Commented on Awesome n00bian moms, we salute you
  I thought it was the coolest thing in the world when I came home from school one day and found my mom playing Pitfall on my Atari 2600. My 70-year-old mother-in-law has also played DDR and Guitar Hero. (I totally...
• Commented on VFX engineer on why <em>Star Trek</em> ain't IMAX
  Yeah, it doesn't really make sense to me why someone would single out the new Star Trek movie to complain about "true IMAX" vs. whatever it is they're doing now. Pretty much any movie you see in an "IMAX" theater...
• Commented on Joel Spolsky on the perfect electronics store
  the salesperson knew that some gear was not compatible with flash memory cards larger than 2GB and spent a few minutes surfing the Web to make sure that the 8GB card I wanted would work with it. I don't know...
• Commented on Oregon Passes Bill "Too Gross to Talk About"
  Well, I guess I've got no reason to go to Oregon anymore....
• Commented on What you should be afraid of instead of terrorists
  @17: If you re-read the first line of the article, it clearly says "Are you an American who worries about terrorism?". Obviously the article's not talking about people who live in areas of the world where terrorism is a constant...
• Favorited MythBusters tackles "plane on a conveyor belt problem" on Boing Boing
• Favorited McCain staffer slams Dungeons and Dragons players on Boing Boing
• Commented on Logitech Harmony PS3 Control Blob
  Crap! I JUST bought one of the Blu-Ray remotes with the USB blue-tooth receiver to use with my new Harmony remote. Now I wonder if I should take it back and just wait for this to come out. Any idea...
• Commented on IT versus users: a war that everyone loses
  It all boils down to overall costs to the business. Does it cost more to buy and maintain a web filter than it does to have to fire someone because they found out they were able to access porn at...
• Commented on Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy?
  I think I can change your mind on "America's perfect food" if you're willing to take a slight detour. On your way between IN and St. Louis, head a bit more westerly and go through the little IL capital city...
• Commented on Power On Self Test: Walk without rhythm
  In for 3!...
• Commented on Delicious Water is from Nature
  The US already perfected water. Just add concentrated orange juice, citric acid, natural flavor, citrus pectin, potassium benzoate, aspartame, potassium citrate, caffeine, sodium citrate, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, gum arabic, sodium benzoate, calcium disodium edta, brominated vegetable oil, and yellow 5....
• Commented on Tweet Week: Win Dirty Dolls Lingerie, LeapFrog Didj, iVoice headsets today
  In for 7! :)...
• Commented on Ghastly working conditions in a Chinese keyboard factory
  This is one of those situations where, if left alone, is very tragic. But if changed, could become even more tragic. If the factory owners were forced to pay competitive wages, benefits, and have better health and safety regulations, they...
• Commented on Every Swear Word on Every Episode of the Sopranos, Ever, in Chronological Order. (video)
  Someone did something like this with The Big Lebowski a while back. It's called "The Fucking Short Version". I think it's probably on Youtube somewhere....
• Commented on Easy Encryption
  Robocopy > xcopy...
• Commented on Fox News Twitter feed hacked, outs Papa Bear
  Really? They get ahold of a twitter account for Fox News and the best they can come up with is "Bill O Riley is gay"?! C'mon. Gimme the account info and I'll show you how it's done....
• Commented on Tetromino ice cube tray
  Tetris jello shots!...
• Commented on eBay: More Wiis sold through us than Xbox360s and PS3s put together
  What's the time period on this? This month? All year? I'd suspect that quite a few of the Wii sales are people just trading in a scarce commodity. I'd love to see numbers on what percentage of the winning bids...
• Commented on Sony builds giant zoetrope in Venaria, Italy
  "...the "balls" people..." It's OK to just call us "men"....
• Commented on 24.5 MP Nikon D3X DSLR is $8,000 and thus not for babies
  Damn! I WAS going to get the Canon Powershot A590IS from Amazon for $113. But now I just don't know!...
• Commented on Stylophone reborn (again) on iPhone
  Let me tell you about some youngsters I've met. They've formed themselves into a stylophone group called -- you'll never believe this -- they call themselves "Two Little Boys." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNO4EZU8GSQ&feature=related...
• Commented on Paper bottles for mineral water gluggers
  I like tap water too. Especially when mixed with a healthy dose of sugar and a packet of powdered flavoring and coloring....
• Commented on Improv Everywhere welcomes strangers arriving at JFK airport
  Improve everywhere? I thought it was Improv....
• Commented on Jodorowsky's <em>Dune</em>: Designed by Giger and Moebius, scored by Pink Floyd, scenery chewed by fat Orson Welles
  I think that the only man who could direct another Dune would be Quentin Tarantino. I'm giggling just thinking about how ridiculously awesome it would be....
• Commented on Note: Magic things you plug into 12V power ports don't give you extra MPG
  Magic is useless without a switch that lets you set it to More Magic....
• Commented on Make your own Muppet Whatnot
  Ah, so THIS is why Rob felt compelled to post a video. hehe...
• Commented on Review: Mugen Pop Pop Endless Bubble Popping toy
  Adam Monroe lives!...
• Commented on Steampunk Vacuum Survival System is top hat accommodating space helmet
  @#2: No, it's not a bionicle either. :D And that is awesome. I get an allergic reaction whenever someone haphazardly applies the term "steampunk" to anything with brass on it. But this is the real dealio. Now do the rest...
• Commented on Mark Cuban to Obama: "Entrepreneurs will lead us out of this mess. Talk to Them."
  Some points that I think some people are missing about entrepreneurship: If anything, self-serving entrepreneurs (like Mr. Cuban) need to be kept far away from governance, as they have very short term goals. Entrepreneurs, almost by definition, do not have...