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• Commented on Zombie Street Fashion
  World Zombie Day yesterday. The guys from The It's Alive Show here in Pittsburgh did a zombie walk, like they do every year, which usually beats their own record for most number of zombies. http://theitsaliveshow.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Its_Alive_Show...
• Commented on Is the Wheego Whip the "Cadillac of neighborhood electric vehicles?"
  Wouldn't the Honda of electric vehicles be Westinghouse, or General Electric? Why don't we have microturbines for generating electricity in the...
• Commented on Is the Wheego Whip the "Cadillac of neighborhood electric vehicles?"
  If they can bring the price on something like this down to about $5-8k, I'd be totally interested, and I'd pay more for all-wheel-drive. As it is, to replace my poor old Subaru with another junk Subaru, it's about $6-8k....
• Commented on What the world will look like if/when the oceans rise.
  #1 Vengefultacos - jack up the price a bit to let them know you're serious! #3 Aloisius - Why bother? I can imagine the gravestones beyond my back yard sinking into the water with the new beach. I think that...
• Commented on Zombie apocalpyse: the math geek edition
  Math aside, I though that Pittsburgh was the zombie capital of the world, due to Romero's films. Nowadays, The It's Alive Show has taken this a bit further, by doing zombie walks, Deathmobile playing at the Smiling Moose, among other...
• Commented on Twitpocalypse: Best analysis yet of ongoing massive DDOS attacks
  I ROFLed....
• Commented on Common operating system for robots
  Why are they re-inventing the wheel every time? Because each robot is highly specialized for its task, even if it is general purpose. Some robots aren't much more than a toy. Others are 12 PCs vomiting data at each other...
• Commented on Amazing PaperPro Nano Stapler
  I seriously enjoy my printing. Yes, I really do. I also agree that pages that are printed together should remain together until the end of time. This is why my printers sport their own Swingline 747 stapler. Much like Ceiling...
• Commented on Visiting the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch
  #18 - this is exactly what I want to do as soon as I get a few hundred million dollars. I figured I would purchase a couple of used oil tankers, and float them out there. The plastic can be...
• Commented on Sofanauts: new science fiction chat podcast
  Since purchasing my iPhone last year, I figured I would check out some podcasts. I'm not one of those people with an MP3 collection, and don't so much care to lug music around with me. However, I started listening to...
• Commented on Cheezy-poofs marketed as "organic carrot stix"
  Actually, as I remember from watching one of those How It's Made shows, the cheesy poofs are corn meal mush that has been put under pressure, and forced through small nozzles. There isn't any frying or baking as I recall,...
• Commented on GPS jammer plugs into cigarette lighter
  Need a jammer? Build a Tesla coil. I believe you can tune them to specific frequencies. They're very noisy with RF, and should be able to jam a required frequency. This, and the nice feature of being designed used for...
• Commented on Apple's new Final Cut Studio is out (short version: I am impressed).
  Kino seems to be free: http://www.kinodv.org...
• Commented on Tip to encourage dinner party guests to dispose of olive pits
  Why would people feel weird eating foods that haven't been primed? If there's food, it is to be eaten. Not only as politeness from the host, but it is your duty as a guest to either bring something, or eat...
• Commented on Surgical sutures filled with stem-cells
  I guess I am going to live for a very long time, if I am able to get medical care when I need this kind of thing. That will keep me working long enough to pay for the procedures. Or,...
• Commented on Advisor: The case against iPhones in the bedroom
  Yah, iPhone at the table is a no-no, unless you're doing taxes. Dinner time is for eating. As far as the bedroom, I let my wife play Risk on the iPhone, and make sure it doesn't make any noise. I...
• Commented on ATMs that spray attackers with pepper-spray
  I'd like to see this feature installed on all gas pumps, airline ticket dispensers, and even soda and candy machines. In fact, you should have to rest your chin on a little chin-seat, and look up and directly into the...
• Commented on Dude in Sbux watching black & white TV with converter box
  There are low-power television stations that still broadcast in analog. If you still have an old TV laying around, give it a try with an old set of rabbit ears or a coat-hanger....
• Commented on Is that a shoe on your head or are you just happy to see me?
  I think I heard that our old friend, Cindy Lauper, said that if the shoe fits, wear it on your head. She bop indeed....
• Commented on Smell of fear
  Hm, Humans don't have a very good sense of smell due to our tiny olfactory bulb. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_bulb In Humans, it is tiny. In animals like rats and dogs, it is a signifigant percentage of the size of their brains. This...
• Commented on Comics creator stopped by TSA for carrying script about writer under suspicion by TSA
  Next time, encrypt your printed manuscript, and they won't be able to read it. Of course, you'll have to answer additional questions, but think of the fun!...
• Commented on Spheres of Influence: A Collection of Spherical Sites
  I thought the gyros from the Gravity Probe B ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Probe_B ) were the roundest man-made things, though they're not on earth....
• Commented on Illegal e-waste dumped in Ghana includes unencrypted hard drives full of US security secrets
  Simply wiping the disk would work. I had to do this at a couple of my employers. I recommend not destroying a perfectly good disks, as people like me and apparently Ghanans, can make good use of an old hard...
• Commented on Trepanation for dementia
  I recommend this procedure only when required by the driving habits or political views of the demented....
• Commented on Germans protest new Internet Berlin Wall
  Only 300 people? You'd think after the last wall, there would be more Germans protesting. Isn't that why their state buildings are made of glass?...
• Commented on The Second Hundred Years of SOS Begins Today
  I don't understand why there isn't a morse code text input for phones. This is an interface, using one button (optionally two), that you do not have to look at, and everyone can learn in a week. It was easy...
• Commented on Plastics industry releases anti-cloth-bag FUD study
  #1 - that's not such a bad idea, if you think about disposable clothing. This is ignoring the landfill cost, unless there are compostable clothes. I've been wishing there were disposable white dress-shirts for a while. I'd like them to...
• Commented on Ikea's free tack-hammer assistant
  I am a huge Ikea fan. Some people complain, but for Americans, furniture is either vintage, shit, self-made, or Ikea. I choose self-made and Ikea. I've been calling their Groggy wine-opener a precision wine opening instrument. At $3, it is...
• Commented on Fight terrorism by arresting terrorists, not by looking at our genitals at airports
  My mom lied to the airline about my age, and put me on a plane by myself at the age of two. Everyone was nice. The stewardesses gave me extra peanuts, and were friendly. The planes arrived on time, too....
• Commented on Singing Tesla Coil emulator
  One of the groovy folks at http://www.hackpittsburgh.org brought in a zero-mass tweeter (20Khz?) for a demo, which I found pretty interesting. I totally forget the dewd's name, but I think he was doing interesting things at CMU. We discussed using...