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• Commented on Indiana prosecutor says she's duty bound to prosecute grandma who bought cold medicine
  What does cold medicine do anyway? I didn't know there was a cure for the common cold. Does it alleviate symptons or reduce contagiousness? I've never seen anyone take any medicine for it....
• Commented on Anti-Cthulhu PSA for young netizens
  It's a bit like the old online predator poster: http://media.photobucket.com/image/online%20predator%20poster%20bear%20type/d1dave/BearsType.jpg...
• Commented on Twitter's security breach: a reminder to choose and use web passwords wisely.
  Last week I signed up for 4 different forums just to see if anything interesting was written in them. All in all I think I have about 20 accounts on online forums and services at the moment. Sometimes I start...
• Commented on Obama Continues Bush-Era Secrecy: No Release of Transcripts for Destroyed "Torture Video" Tapes
  "The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our ideals. We are taking concrete actions to change course." It's the kind of eloquence and intelligence we've come to...
• Commented on North Korea Finds Two US Journalists Guilty of Unspecified "Grave Crime," Sentence: 12 Years Hard Labor
  Doesn't China guard their border with North Korea? I wouldn't expect the Armistice Line on that side but surely they wouldn't want North Korean soldiers or American journalists to come and go as they please....
• Commented on Japan's "Herbivore Men"
  The quoted part on boingboing seems to end prematurely. You would probably want to complete it to: "what is -- and isn't -- masculine." Also, vegetarians just don't _eat_ any animals. Vegans avoid all animal products like leather, milk and...
• Commented on Twitter Tracker Twitter Tracker Twitter Tracker!
  I think we all have come to think of media as 'free' through 50 years of paying for them with our attention. It's why pirating doesn't feel like stealing. To give us tv payed for with advertising over the internet,...
• Commented on Netherlands runs out of criminals, has to shut prisons
  about post #37 by MADSCI The eight smallest prisons probably hold 250 people on average, which would be the first ones to close....
• Commented on Netherlands runs out of criminals, has to shut prisons
  I think the eight smallest do, which would be the ones you would want to close down first to reduce costs....
• Commented on Zombie haiku contest -- best entry wins the game of Plants vs. Zombies
  The lotus leaf slices through hordes of decaying flesh Falling to the ground...
• Commented on RunPee: when you should leave the movie and have a wee?
  A lot of the pee times on that site simply say: This is a bad movie, so you won't miss anything by walking out for a bit. Can't we just bribe the guy who has to change the rolls to...
• Commented on Architecture of evil: the lairs of games villains
  Yes, same here. Something's wrong....
• Commented on Users asked to design their own MMO levels make up really easy games
  On the level design market: What if you set up the level designer as a villain for the players to defeat? The level designer would take on the role of the evil lich, plotting the world's demise from his skeleton-filled...
• Commented on Gun-wielding pharmacist responds to drugstore cowboy
  How can you tell the hooded figure is a robber? I can't see any gun on him....
• Commented on doihavepigflu.com
  I find myself visiting this site several times a day to make sure I haven't contracted snoutbreak....
• Commented on Untitled 2
  Is this some kind of social experiment? An unguided public brainstorming session?...
• Commented on Europe! Stop ISP spying, website blocking AND copyright extension with one call!
  I like this one much better: Amendment by Erna Hennicot-Schoepges Amendment 85 Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to recognise that, as a result of the Internet, traditional ways of using cultural products and services have completely...
• Commented on Japanese military: "Towards the realization of Gundam"
  I used to have "The Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam" as my msn and gtalk message, I'm not sure how to adapt it to the news....
• Commented on Impractical, skinny leaning bookcases
  A translation of the Dutch company name is in order: 'Sluggish and Sloppy'...