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• Commented on Vegas uses computers to nab card counters
  So what's the point if you have betting games in which good bets are rewarded with being kicked out of the casino? Why not just replace all tables with Roulette? I know the maths behind this, but the whole "card...
• Commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
  @Jonners: Hmm, that always confused me. I know he did debunking before, but then again he performs the biggest uri geller nonsense, actively encouraging his audience to believe his BS explanations. I would be surprised if there wasn't a huge...
• Commented on Science of Scams: Derren Brown and Kat the Scientist debunk the paranormal industry
  Derren Brown? The guy who just "won the lottery using group conscience"? Debunking bullshit fortune telling? Oh, the irony......
• Commented on Big Entertainment's century-long technophobic binge
  "Someone could cherry-pick songs off a broadcast and fill up a personal library and then post it on Kazaa..." Wow. Now that's a tinfoil hat argument... As if anyone would need HD radio to host a song on Kazaa. That...
• Commented on Saturday Morning Science Experiment: The Gummi Bear Gets It
  Something fun I actually did with gummi bears as a kid: Drop one in a big glass of water. Leave it in there for a day or so. It will grow and grow until it fills the whole glass!...
• Commented on Student kills burglary suspect with Samurai sword
  That's the kind of justice that gives Americans a boner. I have to admit, though, it is pretty amazing. I wouldn't want to be in either one's shoes, though....
• Commented on Swine flu fears from Penny Arcade Expo
  If you're not seeing freak-outs, you apparently haven't watched any major news channel in the past few months. The "death toll 2009" coverage is still in swing. I just wanted to calm the people who attended PAX and/or are feeling...
• Commented on Swine flu fears from Penny Arcade Expo
  OMIGWZ THE SWINE FLU WILL EAT US ALL ALIVE! A few interesting facts: There are more people dying from the normal plain flu (no not "a bad cold", the REAL flu) than there ever died from the swine flu. Every...
• Commented on Spacemen are transmitting silent little floaty vlogs at planet Earth (also: laptops in orbit!)
  There's something unexpectedly uplifting about these ISS videos on YouTube. Kinda like a counterpart to the news dominated by war and hardcore-capitalism. PS: To the guys saying they run Windows... They run Windows XP... which, for me, is another good...
• Commented on Chimp enjoys magic show
  I presume Mark Frauenfelder mistook the comment as a statement over the clip's intellectual worth rather than how keeping chimps as pets is cruel to the animal. I'm surprised it isn't more well known, but if you look it up,...
• Commented on What a Wonderful World as a zombie soundtrack
  "This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions." Sigh...........................
• Commented on When is it OK to eat moldy food?
  That chart strikes me as stupid and dangerous. It's like a chart describing "When is it OK to play with dynamite". I though every kid learns this in school, BUT: The mold is a special kind of fungus that actually...
• Commented on Exhaustive index of fearmongering Daily Mail stories about cancer and its causes
  *cough*cough* http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/07/report-deet-popular.html#comments...
• Commented on Pranknet's Skype "phone assaults" detailed, head bully in charge lives with his mommy
  Well, I would say "My gosh, a bunch of phone pranks and stupid people smashing their TVs... We have other problems." But what struck me: They're not doing "pranks". It's not for fun. It's a bizarre experiment in manipulating and...
• Commented on America makes nothing except weapons -- UPDATED
  See, this is why I like blog comments. Or Wikipedia. Despite the fear of the internet inflating incorrect or manipulative information, it hardly ever stays up very long. The military percentage going up from 3% to 8% is a striking,...
• Commented on @BBVBOX: recent guest-tweeted web video picks (boingboingvideo.com)
  Ah, I remember the DucktTales video destroying my childhood memories a while ago. Most distrubing thing I've seen on the internet....
• Commented on Mario recreation on India's Got Talent
  OMG, it's the ILLUMINATI!...
• Commented on North Korea's first beer commercial
  Anyone else like the fact that BBC News' volume control goes up to 11?...
• Commented on French cops use racial profiling for stop and search
  Am I the only one who ever heard of a youth group called "Tecktonic"? Do they profile people after wearing "bright shirts and tight pants" now?...
• Commented on Suspected "bomb" turns out to be air freshener
  I guess it's "I feel saver already" day......
• Commented on Pockets banned for airport staff
  I'm feeling save already....
• Commented on God Hates the World, by Westboro Baptist Church
  This made me cry. I don't usually cry over internet stuff... but this is... *sigh*...
• Favorited Comics creator stopped by TSA for carrying script about writer under suspicion by TSA on Boing Boing
• Commented on Comics creator stopped by TSA for carrying script about writer under suspicion by TSA
  Please leave your baggage and privacy at the counter and proceed....
• Commented on Waterboarding used on pot suspects, says London police officer
  Lamest police force in the world. Weren't they supposed to be the best, only about a decade ago?...
• Commented on Jury reports that Steon's Orbo does not produce free energy
  Yep, the waterhweel argument is actually a good one, IMO. The sun, wind, water... who says there isn't another form of "wasted" energy flying around. It would be much more reasonable to say that you harvest an exotic but existing...
• Commented on Jury reports that Steon's Orbo does not produce free energy
  What amazes me is that the verdict was "delusional" rather than "fraud". How sad is that?...
• Commented on Iran: Neda (warning: graphic video)
  Fucked up world. :(...
• Commented on Koshi Kawachi's reflections on the death of Mario
  That picture is a graphic designer's porn....
• Commented on Southern discomfort: new screenshots of Valve's <em>Left 4 Dead 2</em>
  Yes, Valve has to choose whether to continue the goodwill path or maximize their profits (temporally?). They can do whatever they want. But not both....