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• Commented on For sale: San Francisco church converted to home
  Funny, but my first thought would be to wax the floor, take a good run, and go for a slide in my socks!...
• Commented on MBAs: Most Bloody Awful, Aussie radio documentary on the problem with biz-school
  The worst bosses I ever saw were these "professional manager" types. They had no technical ability whatsoever, but believed that a manager could manage anything (presumably by following some magic formula). Conversely, the best people I've ever worked for came...
• Commented on Terrifying, Gory Workplace Safety PSA Horror-Video
  Yep, we're shown videos like this every month at work. The gore and nastiness make them hard to ignore. And real industrial accidents are rarely neat and tidy....
• Commented on Steorn: again, with the free energy thing
  "In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!" -Homer S....
• Commented on Letter to a Young Engineer (from a purported Honda employee)
  I read this article with my jaw hanging open, shocked that a place like this exists. I worked as a quality engineer for suppliers to the big 3 for 12 years, and saw some of the workings of GM/Ford/Chrysler along...
• Commented on Change.gov
  I don't trust him 100% (he's still a politician) until he proves himself, but he's far better than the alternative. Keep pushing them to make these improvements. Don't let it just be a PR thing. Make them accountable. Don't just...
• Commented on Video about Tarvusim
  Religion... Octopus... It's a CTHULHU CULT!!!!...
• Commented on Chinese banks told to stop loaning money to American banks / **UPDATED**
  Let's see, China holds most of the U.S.'s debt, right? How about this scenario: China: Ok, we're moving into Taiwan now. U.S.: Oh, no you don't. China: Ok, then, we'll call in our markers and collapse your economy. U.S.: Nevermind......
• Commented on DHS invests in mind-reading anti-terrorist technology -- and staff phrenologists to interpret the results
  So lets see, what we have here is basically a remote polygraph. Polygraphs require calibration questions first. Oh, and I thought they could not be used as evidence in court because they are not reliable. What's next, a psychic checking...
• Commented on Lawrence Lessig on the coming "i-Patriot Act"
  Why do I think an attack is inevitable, either from "real terrorists" or from those who just really want this law?...
• Commented on Periodic Coffee Table
  HARVEYBOING, you are correct; if an isotope is stable, it is not radioactive. The instability leads to decay which emits radiation. I can't tell from the picture, but it looks like the table has some of the higher atomic number...
• Commented on AT&T billing site makes jokes about company's participation in warrantless wiretapping?
  Even if you have nothing to hide now, just remember that the folks listening in are the ones who decide what is considered "bad"....