michael thorne

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• Commented on If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay - parenting book full of things you don't need to worry about
  Try Barbara Coloroso's book, "Kids Are Worth It" for when she's a little older. The take away: "Say what you mean and mean what you say." - it's working for me and my kids. :-)...
• Commented on Infographic: all US one-time expenditures vs the bailout
  Yet the Americans still can't afford a national health program - sad....
• Commented on Barack is Mac, and Pac?
  re: #9 posted by noahz "PDP-8" - now thats funny! I'm old and I only go back to a PDP-10. :-)...
• Commented on Who is "essential" during a pandemic?
  Somehow I think web developers are way down on that list! Maybe I should consider a career change. ;-)...
• Commented on Metal plates send messages to airport x-ray screeners
  How to save your *ss. Put it in a wooden frame ready for wall hanging. Then it's nothing but an etched metal artwork....
• Commented on Sink in a drawer
  What's on the other side of the wall? The dead space under a flight of stairs....
• Commented on Boing Boing tv: Floating in Zero Gravity is Fun, Earthlings!
  I would love to that and I think that it's great that a bunch of science teachers got the experience BUT What is the carbon foot print cost for that?...
• Commented on Britain will make foreigners carry RFID identity cards and will put us in a huge, Orwellian database: the rest of Britain will be next
  Cory, come home. Canada needs you. I was born in Wales and came to Canada as a kid in '68. I consciously made it my Home when I turned 16 - it made my parent do the same. Bring your...
• Commented on Fourth grader suspended for using broken pencil sharpener
  1973 - Grade 8 Shop - 30 boys heating metal bars in forge, pounding on anvil, filing and grinding to make chisels. I guess that's not happening any more. :-( No wonder there's so little manufacturing in North America....
• Commented on Quirks and Quarks guide to space: bite-sized answers to the massive questions of inquisitive astronomical ponderers
  CBC Radio does ROCK! Q&Q is one of their best. If you're a Science Geek then you've got to check out CBC's Ideas: How to Think About Science @ http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/features/science/index.html - 24 episodes, all just under 53 minutes. If science...
• Commented on UK's ISP-record industry deal won't stop infringement, but will make it harder for the record industry to cash in
  Why do I get the feeling there's about to be a big up swing in TOR [http://www.torproject.org/][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)] usage in the UK....
• Commented on Yahoo Music shutting down its DRM server, customers lose all their paid-for music the next time they crash or upgrade
  I don't know what the EULA says about the longevity of access to the music you purchased, but it seams like there is a possibility of a class action suit against Yahoo and the Music Companies to get your money...
• Commented on Fair Copyright for Canada materials to bring to the Calgary Stampede this Saturday
  In Nelson, BC heading up the valley to the Stampede for the weekend. I need to wear a "No Bill C-61" t-shirt where can I get one?...
• Commented on Little Brother art: UK cover, limited edition poster -- UPDATED
  Got it for my son when it was first out. The clerk had to go into the back and open the shipping box! :-) My daughter (16) grabbed it first thing after my son (12) went to bed after I...
• Commented on UK set to deport Master's student whose Master's degree research led him to look up Al Qaeda info - ratted out by University of Nottingham
  Just downloaded the manual. I wounder if CSIS will come knocking at my door. Briefly looking over the document it looks to be a typical - welcome to the group, this is our history and this is what we do...
• Commented on Giant eggs in Dutch city
  Now this is ART! ;-) and no animals were hurt in the making of it. (?) :-)...
• Commented on Compendium of "They do it with..." one-liners
  Runners - Just Do It....
• Commented on 9/11 and drinking water security
  That's why I got out of Dodge City (Dallas, TX) and came back to CANADA!...