Rickmccl

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• Commented on People speak out on library censorship incident: “It’s dangerous to democracy when an interest group imposes its views on another.”
  I don't think the evangelist's question is valid. If he had asked about the book itself, 'If this is not pornography, what is IT,' he would have asked an answerable question. Instead, he asked about pornography, which is sometimes defined...
• Commented on Saturday Morning Science Experiment: B.F. Skinner Makes A Pigeon Do His Bidding
  http://boingboing.net/2009/04/22/opening-skinners-box.html Opening Skinner's Box was a great book....
• Commented on Calculate how much it costs to make a sandwich at home
  Next up, Eggs and Milk 1.0c? http://www.achewood.com/eggsmilk.php...
• Commented on Nerdbots: found-object junkbots
  I too would buy it to disassemble and reuse the cool signal generator....
• Commented on Man awarded $63k for Ketamine "overdose" at hospital
  Some people go to Mexico for the privilege of paying for that experience. They are trying to treat their chronic pain. http://www.rsdfoundation.org/en/BrettKetamineResearchVideo.html...
• Commented on Furniture slider prosthetic legs for turtle
  @10 yeah how did "sluff" pass a spell checker... must not be tuff enuff. @13 ball bearings? Like the game 'Rebound'? Just staple him to a Roomba and be done with it....
• Commented on Tell, don't show: QLOCKTWO gives time in plain English
  Me too, I wrote a "vague clock" to display when I logged into VMS. Mine said things like "It's almost noon." "It's about half past one." I love this thing and as soon as I put out the fire I...
• Commented on Review: River Rafting w/the GoPro HERO
  I was intrigued, and followed on to research at the manufacturer. They say the sound recording level has two settings, one is much lower and intended for motorsports environments. Could this have affected your footage?...
• Commented on DIY Low-NRG Fridge: Coolest Ice Box Ever?
  @PHISROW - yeah I had to RTFA to find out. "After contacting some leading fridge manufacturers and discovering that no one has ever made and tested a chest fridge, I decided to make my own test. I bought a good...
• Commented on Core77 made a bicycle: The Dutch Master
  Front and rear drum breaks? Battle breaks? Toasted marshmallow feet breaks? Superduck breaks? What kind of breakbeats do these drums play?...
• Commented on Man bites off tip of own penis
  Asshat with poor impulse control probably didn't want to tell them how old the real biter was....
• Commented on 1981 Atari Ring
  Freebies from chipmakers used to be more common, in my experience.. I have two Athlon paperweights, lucite containing real Athlon socket A packages; a keychain from Intel containing a pentium-60 chip - the chip, not the package! and back in...
• Commented on Electrically-Heated Pants
  Gerbing, for one. And my backback has two wheels, handlebars, a 12V battery, and its own recharging system!...
• Commented on HOWTO make a tailfin retro media centre PC
  How do I like them apples? I will log in to tell you. What's annoying is your playing back to the forum trolls in your posts; irritant in that it brings to attention something I could easily have missed, and...
• Commented on What's the one thing that would convince you to buy a Palm Nova-powered smartphone?
  Nethack, and ssh....
• Commented on Stylish and elegant TV stand is stylish and elegant
  I am not joking when I say that I had no idea Venn diagrams could be so stylish, or elegant....
• Commented on Tokyo overgrown with vines and vegetation illustrations
  Reminds me of the anime "Blue Seed" as Tokyo overgrown was in that too....
• Commented on Wooden geared contraption and its proud maker -- best gadget video you will watch this month, in all likelihood
  Its a big wooden clockwork mandala......
• Commented on Chinese restaurant called TRANSLATE SERVER ERROR
  At restaurants, you have a server, who is your waitron; and occasionally they make an error. When the server does not understand your language you may get a translation error. Translation server error could result in the delivery of dishes...
• Commented on Lettuce in the sky, with diamonds
  I like the pic of the lettuce lattice....
• Commented on Thank you for not douching out.
  SO! Did anyone else enjoy the alternative greeting cards at Achewood?...
• Commented on Geeky sysadmin portrait
  Yeah I'm not comfortable with having to kneel before Marvin to type at that keyboard, I wish he'd hold it a little higher so I could have the dignity of a chair ;-)...
• Commented on "Explosion containment net" patent also good against hippies
  "Wait a minute, those are hot dogs! Armour hot dogs!" "What kind of man wears Armour hot dogs?" -Wiggum/Chalmers, 4F09...
• Commented on Dyson sets sights on electric vehicles
  Dyson working on new generation of fast, green cars [Indy] What's that? Will he be ready for next year's Indy 500? Anonymous, look up "TL;DR" sometime......
• Commented on Test: Lithium AA batteries are a better deal than cheap alkalines
  there is no site for battery reviews beyond Dan's Data......
• Commented on Roboclarinet plays "Flight of the Bumblebee"
  >get the phrasing and subtleties right mwalton wins the comments. The speed is impressive but the notes are unhuman. Not close enough to the uncanny valley....
• Commented on Bierstick will make you beer sick
  Funnel? We don't need to frat-boy funnels... What happened to cutting a hole in the bottom of the side of the can, apply lips, pull tab.....
• Commented on A couple of weeks with the Radius Atomic Bass earbuds (Verdict: Simple, competent)
  ...rubber cord stays ARE as sturdy as... and I take it you didn't notice any microphonics from the cord rubbing on things when at low music volume?...
• Commented on Steampunk phonograph
  >PS: Steampunk, steampunk, steampunk, steampunk, steampunk, steampunk, steampunk, steampunk, steampunk. Steampunk! Uh, Yeah! You go, Girl!...
• Commented on Tiny buildings made from card, packaging and whatnot
  Ugh, you said "whatnot"....