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• Commented on Illustration of Makezine Man
  Duct tape? Clearly, an amateur! REAL Makers use Gaffers Tape! :o)...
• Commented on Depression as a pro-survival adaptation that solves hard problems
  The article is not about Clinical Depression. It's about plain old, garden variety non-lethal depression. You know that funk you went into for 3-6 months after the first person you ever really loved dumped you? Or for a couple of...
• Commented on Lutheran Halal cafe
  #24 - Anyone who has listened to a A Prairie Home Companion for any length of time would find this particular sign strange, noteworthy, AND absolutely hilarious....
• Commented on The Art of Living Dangerously
  'nother comment. As others have pointed out, we have a correlation here, not a causality. From an anecdotal stand point it's nor hard to understand, though. People who have taken the 'risks' to do the things that excite them -...
• Commented on The Art of Living Dangerously
  @Catbeller You are not 'not taking a risk'. You are simply choosing to assign your risk to your employer, and the customers who keep the doors open. There is no 'safe' course. There is only how you choose to allocate...
• Commented on Blind man dragged off plane in Philadelphia, accused of faking
  @Forsakenchild How, exactly, does calling a blind man a liar and dragging him off a plane prevent another 9/11?...
• Commented on Zogby poll: 52% of Americans support legalization of pot
  Marijuana is a gateway drug for a lot of people, but not for any of the reasons the anti drug lobby tries to hype. It's a gateway drug for two reasons: 1. When you have to buy anything on the...
• Commented on Chief Army Chaplain in Afghanistan distributes local-language Bibles, orders congregation to convert locals
  @ZEBBART #68 You obviously didn't grow up in a military family. It is a point of pride for those with a military tradition that they serve the interests of the United States of America as defined by the president and...
• Commented on Chief Army Chaplain in Afghanistan distributes local-language Bibles, orders congregation to convert locals
  re: Cultural Relativism Cultural relativism is not demeaning, and saying that 'American Style Democracy' ( TM ) is not well suited for all nations is in no way insulting or demeaning, and it doesn't mean that they arent 'fit for'...
• Commented on Make Your Home Glow Like a Virgin-Atlantic Flight
  "a under LED cat kit" Now THAT I need to see!...
• Commented on XKCD: The book
  @Artbot XKCD isn't for everyone. In fact, I won't even suggest it to most people, simply because the humor is rather esoteric, and requires a very specific, and very large set of cultural reference points. However, I almost always have...
• Commented on Border patrol alleged to have beat up and tazed pastor, smashed his car, on US soil, because he insisted on 4th Amendment rights
  @FLITERE on Tasers Taser lobbied very hard to have their weapons classified as non-lethal, and succeeded. As such, most counties and states in the nation that use them do not classify them as lethal weapons. Instead they fall under the...
• Commented on Border patrol alleged to have beat up and tazed pastor, smashed his car, on US soil, because he insisted on 4th Amendment rights
  @FLITERE Actually, as absurd as it seems, most states consider tasers to be in the same class as Batons, rather than firearms. For example, in Florida, any time a police firearm is discharged - no matter the circumstances, no matter...
• Commented on Border patrol alleged to have beat up and tazed pastor, smashed his car, on US soil, because he insisted on 4th Amendment rights
  @DARREN GARRISON Again, and for at least the 5th time. Being an asshat does NOT take away any of your rights. Nor does it excuse or authorize illegal or even unethical behavior on the part of law enforcement. Yes, he...
• Commented on Mythbusters accidentally shatter windows in small town
  #30 Foundation damage from a *single* blast a mile or more away is usually indicative of a faulty foundation or bad site preparation unless it's one HELL of a blast - MUCH larger than undirected, open air blast of Fertilizer....
• Commented on Bad Times Spur Entrepreneurship, But There's a Catch
  I have to respond to all the 'I'm a vegan, Im into yoga, I never get sick'. I'm very happy for you, but that doesn't mean you aren't being horribly irresponsible by not carrying health insurance. What happens when you...
• Commented on Bad Times Spur Entrepreneurship, But There's a Catch
  The problem with the insurance system in the US is a classic Moral Hazard problem - on both sides of the coin. Insurers have a fiduciary responsibility to maximize shareholder value. They have a duty to minimize costs whenever, wherever...
• Commented on Elongated skulls discovered in Russia
  Actually, head as the center of consciousness is not at all new. Remember, people did survive head injuries in neolithic times, if not at the rate they do today. It could easily have been an attempt to expand the intellect,...
• Commented on Only on Offworld: Write a legend for EA's card-game RTS <em>BattleForge</em>
  Such a thing could not live, yet it did. Flesh and sinew melted and crawled across it's twisted body. Fur, skin, bone, and scales grew together, battled, and sloughed away in great sheets of blood and protoplasm to be replaced...
• Commented on Think fast and be happy
  I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it's probably a little more complicated than just 'thinking fast'. The other big trend in being sustainably happy is some form of meditation. Spinning down external demands and external...
• Commented on Steve Jobs takes 6 months off from Apple
  Good luck Steve. However, Apple still has a number of good years left in them - with or without him. Remember, Steve was run out of Apple the first time only after literally years of infighting and internal power struggles....
• Commented on Shantytowns as inspiration for urban developments
  A pretty place to live wont solve drugs, or gang violence, or the cycle of ignorance and poverty. It wont prevent kids from getting pulled in and spit out by by the crush of it or help adults find a...
• Commented on Shantytowns as inspiration for urban developments
  High density urban spaces are seeing a LOT of success in other parts of the country. People like Zombie seem offended by the idea that the architect says he took inspiration from a shanty town, but whether its a shanty...
• Commented on Kaden Harris's alcohol without liquid delivery system
  Hey Prunk, Sadly Barfinn is right. The statute here in Dallas is so poorly worded that you really can be arrested for a single drink - all it requires is a BAC above 0.0, and not being in your home....
• Commented on Father punishes son with public humiliation
  It simply boggles my mind how many people here don't realize that a little bit of embarrassment can be incredibly instructive ( in a good way ). I noticed that most of the people who criticized this saw it as...
• Commented on Classical music performed by the Muppets: Ode to Beeker and the Blue Gonzo Chicken Waltz
  Okay, call it shameless self promotion, but it's actually topical in this case. I gotta show off my halloween costume from this year. He's completely hand made - courtesy my insane/brilliant roomie. Thank you Michael, you're the bomb!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/67212010@N00/...
• Commented on Librarian fined $500 for saying nice things about his daughter's book
  Look, in the absolute sense, what he did was an ethical violation. However, those who suggest that justice and/or the law cannot/should not take circumstances and intent into account have no idea how the law works, nor ( apparently )...
• Commented on Bob Garfield: Presidential candidates should promise not to lie.
  @27 Part of the real problem is 'both candidates'. The notion that two parties could possibly encompass the political space in any nation is absurd. In order to truly function, any political system like ours needs at least three, and...
• Commented on Sarah Palin, would-be banner of books
  @PaulM, Why don't you skip the obstetrics, and go for the much simpler ( and more fun ) question of whether or not she still believes in 'Abstinence Only' education for teens... Or whether she believes her failure to...
• Commented on Stanford Prison Experiment researcher's new study about everyday heroism
  The 'counter-interpretation's primary assertion is that 'most guards didn't participate'. This is terribly flawed. While they may not have engaged in active abuse, every one of them stood by and allowed it to happen, and further, 'John Wayne' abused multiple...