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• Commented on Anatomical vegetarian ad
  I was explaining my body's reaction when, as a vegetarian, I began a strength training program. It's not misinformaion, it's what happened to me. Are you calling me a liar? MY body, when I'm using it to its fullest potential,...
• Commented on SFPD cops from imaginary anti-dance-party squad steal laptops
  @ peterbruells #40 Thank you. Finally, another professional perspective on this thread. To all the other "artists can't necessarily afford a laptop" people, I say those artists aren't professionals if they don't have a backup plan that provides for repurchasing...
• Commented on SFPD cops from imaginary anti-dance-party squad steal laptops
  And they're "losing their livelihoods for an indefinite amount of time" because... they don't have their data backed up? I don't want to defend unjustified police confiscation of private property, but the smell of hyperbole is in the air....
• Commented on Anatomical vegetarian ad
  As a seven-year vegetarian (now recovered) I have some experience on this topic. I got into athletics and was frustrated for months with my body's poor response to exercise, until I tried taking a lot of soy supplements every day....
• Commented on Fun With the Minneapolis Mayoral Race
  Are there any Edgartonites besides John Charles Wilson? It strikes me as one of those kinds of crazy with a low risk of contagion....
• Commented on Afghanistan: graphic novel voting guides for today's presidential elections.
  Those crazy muslins are listening to Cobra Commander! We're all doomed....
• Commented on Woman books entire jetliner biz-class so her dog can fly with her
  Hmm... the article says 4 hours. So if that's correct, chartering a small private jet would have been more like $13,000. First class, too... :)...
• Commented on Woman books entire jetliner biz-class so her dog can fly with her
  Lessee, six hour flight, on a light private jet at about $2500 per flight hour, $3000 miscellaneous landing fees, international fees, etc. totals about $18,000 one way. Not to mention all this is for a dog's benefit. Just goes to...
• Commented on Former French President says Bush invaded Iraq to thwart Gog and Magog's apocalyptic mission
  This casts an ominous pall over the needless war that has killed more than four thousand young Americans and cost U.S. taxpayers perhaps $1 trillion. Yes, over 4000 young American soldiers died. More than a hundred thousand Iraqi civilians also...
• Commented on TED Talk: Elaine Morgan says we evolved from aquatic apes
  And we wouldn't have left our nice quiet pond if the nasssty Bagginses hadn't STOLEN it from us, would we have, preciousss?...
• Commented on Bike seat sports a beard of bees
  I think the bees may have been attracted by the SWEETNESS of the electric power system on the bike in front....
• Commented on Bill Maher: Birthers must be stopped
  No, actually in 2008 the Senate passed a resolution ruling anyone born as a child of a US citizen is a natural born citizen. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:3:./temp/~c110PyChDY:: This came up because otherwise John McCain wouldn't have been eligible since he was born...
• Commented on Bill Maher: Birthers must be stopped
  What harm could possibly come from allegations so utterly retarded that they can be demolished with ten words: He's a citizen because his mother was born in Kansas. That's all it takes. You can be born in China and still...
• Commented on Movie/record industry rep says that you shouldn't expect to be able to play your media for as long as you own it
  Good thing DRM wasn't around when Michaelangelo was alive. Hey, media moguls, newsflash: your products aren't necessary. Sure, I enjoy them and I am willing to pay for your services as part of making them available to me. But I'm...
• Commented on Bosch Cordless Hammer Drill: light, snappy and blows through brick like butter
  Meh. Go buy a DeWalt cordless toolkit with two interchangeable batteries that work in all the tools. Minimum 18V, with at least a sabre saw, a circular saw, drill, light, and charger. IMHO the minimum setup for general home projects....
• Commented on Doug Rushkoff on The Colbert Report tonight Wednesday, July 15
  Sssshh!!!! Half the fun is that most of the conservatives still think he's one of them....
• Commented on Today at Boing Boing Gadgets
  5. The $64,000 Question Many people emailed to ask why a virus that appears to be killing people in Mexico is producing illness that barely warrants a trip to the doctor here. Baby, if I could answer that, my pay...
• Commented on Stephen Wolfram talks to Rudy Rucker
  "Wolfram|Alpha can pop out an answer to pretty much any kind of factual question that you might pose to a scientist, economist, banker, or other kind of expert." So what? The real question is, can it poop out a *useful*...
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• Commented on How much is a trillion dollars -- two perspectives
  @14 EnochRewt: Get. Real. Do you honestly think taxing the top income brackets a little bit higher is punishing them? They still have far more after-tax disposable income than anyone "living off the government teat." To some extent, being successful...
• Commented on Even the title of this video isn't safe for work
  @18: I see what you did there....
• Commented on Steorn: again, with the free energy thing
  I suspect the energy source is hidden in his pimpin' phat pinky ring....
• Commented on Miro free and open video player goes 2.0
  It's better than anything else I've used on my system. By leaps and bounds. It has a few problems, but they are minor and it is quite usable. 2) It's free, and open source. If you find a problem, you...
• Commented on TED2009: Electric Fault Circuit Interrupter
  Sure, the TAGS are cheap, but that's the only cheap part of an RFID system. I remember a year or so ago there was a breakthrough announced in RFID reader prices -- they were able to make short range readers...
• Commented on Nerd merit badges
  You don't recognize it? That's Hello Kitty Cthulhu, rising from the deep to embrace your code in eternal cross-cultural madness....
• Commented on Bumpits: Big Happie Hair
  I misread "happie" as "hippie," and also read "bum pits." So I was expecting some rant against underarm shaving and deodorant products, and clicked in morbid curiosity about what product could possibly go along with that angle. I'm somewhat disappointed...
• Commented on Seven features that make the Palm Pre better than the iPhone
  So how's the web browsing? Does it support anything higher than Flash 7? In other words, what we really want to know is, can we watch BBTV on it?...
• Commented on The Boston Phoenix: Cryptozoology and Loren Coleman
  "Cryptids are recession-proof," Loren says. The online version of Mike Miliard's article includes a delightful slideshow from the incredible International Cryptozoology Museum which is in dire need of donations. Huh? Is he saying they're unaffected by the recession because they're...
• Commented on The breakup of the United States
  @36: He didn't say the wealthy citizens can withhold paying taxes. He said "the wealthier states will withhold funds from the federal government" so apparently he thinks the States give money to the Fed, when it's actually the other way...