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• Commented on Jack Kirby estate will wrest copyrights back from Disney-Marvel
  @#7... Completely agree. This is a tough situation regardless of where you stand on copyright and rights of creators, etc. These men signed contracts to create stories (and characters) that the company would likely retain ownership of and those companies...
• Commented on Jack Kirby estate will wrest copyrights back from Disney-Marvel
  @#1: kirby designed the costume, or at least the initial design for the costume. i'm not sure what his opinion was in regards to "creator" rights in regards to this, but his estate has always claimed that that alone was...
• Commented on S-series walkman out
  @#1: i've always had the same complaint, but it's an issue that will continue as long as things keep getting smaller... my understanding is that AM frequencies require larger antennas for receiving. companies aren't willing to compromise the size of...
• Commented on Personal Rockin' Computer
  what fancy design-y chair? i don't- oh. you mean under the attractive girl. sorry, i didn't see it there at first....
• Commented on The Devil's Kettle
  some friends and i camped up at magney two summers ago. this is one of the coolest things i've ever seen. highly recommended for a long weekend for anyone in the midwest....
• Commented on Ragdoll Metaphysics: Could The Xbox 360 Be The Last Console You Buy? (or, The Actual Most Important News of E3)
  i think the commentors are missing a critical aspect of the article: price. i was in the process of researching to put together an HTPC for my living room 8 months ago when i decided the 360 was simply a...
• Commented on Tweet (#2296306154)
  ok, i'm confused: BBG keeps posting software links to alternatives to itunes like they're something new. MediaMonkey, kids. MEDIAMONKEY....
• Commented on Happy 35th Anniversary, 10-cent Beer Night
  you guys are all missing the best part: at a game where beer was TEN CENTS, someone snuck in a jug of t-bird! how cheap does the team have to sell booze before you don't feel it necessary to bring...
• Commented on Drew Friedman label for McSorley's beer
  semi-related: brooklyn brewery out of, um, brooklyn uses a logo designed by milton glaser (the i-heart-NY guy). according to the brewery's tour, the start-up owners knew they couldn't afford to pay for a guy on the level of glaser. so...
• Commented on Dinosaur Comics collection: improbably fantastic re-use of dinosaur clip art
  pokey. http://www.yellow5.com/pokey/...
• Commented on doihavepigflu.com
  and as long as we're doing this, my all-time favorite: http://isbarackobamamuslin.com/...
• Commented on doihavepigflu.com
  http://www.instantrimshot.com/...
• Commented on doihavepigflu.com
  not to play one-upsmanship or anything, but... http://doihaveswineflu.org/...
• Commented on Solitary confinement is torture: psych expert
  clearly, this dude has never seen "the great escape." steve f'in' mcqueen didn't seem to have a problem with solitary!...
• Commented on Windows 7 Starter Edition: The Final Insult
  @#10... a fine point. i picked up my dell mini for $200, have thrown in anouther $100 in upgrades, and i came out with a fully functioning, $300 ultra-ultra portable PC. compare that to an $600 unlocked iphone and all...
• Commented on Windows 7 Starter Edition: The Final Insult
  @#3... because the mac cult controls the interweb! (only kind of joking...) i really don't see an issue with this "starter" idea. i've got a dell mini 9 (which i will never turn into a hackintosh) running ubuntu. while i've...
• Commented on The Bertone Mantide, what Kaneda would drive
  thank you, #2. that thing makes my eyes bleed... like someone saw alfa's 8C and decided to hack it up just to piss me off....
• Commented on Cooliris 3D image browser plug-in
  i've been using this with firefox for about a year now. when you want to run through a google image search quickly, it is wonderful....
• Commented on Shuttle's X50 touchscreen all-in-one
  given that i'll never be able to compare this side-by-side with the ASUS, i suggest rob use his internet-power to get his hands on the x-50 and do a review. according to the slashgear article, price for this is expected...
• Commented on Review: A day with Asus' Eee Top
  rob, thanks for the write-up on this. the moment i saw this thing when it was announced, i thought, "that'd be perfect for mom." she's a technophobe who's biggest hang-up with computers seems to be the mouse. is the touchscreen...
• Commented on Mysterious booms in New York
  two words: GLOBAL WARMING....
• Commented on Sony and the Missed Opportunity of the PlayStation 3 Remote
  i use a harmony 550 with my xbox 360 and have zero problems. now all MS has to do is release a blu-ray add-on for the 360 and my xbox turns into my one-stop media machine (streaming netflix and media...
• Commented on Canadian Club 30-Year Whisky (New Policy: On Fridays, booze is now a gadget)
  another reason to love fridays! i'm totally going to spend my evening with gadgets in a bar until i can't stand up!...
• Commented on Morning tech deals highlights
  arrrgh. sony reporting the HTIB is sold out. sucks, since for that price, the sub and a couple satelites would be worth it....
• Commented on Robert Cringely: don't bail out the auto industry, outsource it to Jobs
  "A manufacturing job for one of Apple's vendors is absolute shit in comparison. They pay dollars per day, provide no job security, little to no benefits, make you live at the factory." which is exactly why apple is so rich:...
• Commented on Robert Cringely: don't bail out the auto industry, outsource it to Jobs
  oh, and... "[N]obody can argue with Apple's quality..." except my friend who had to replace his ibook's HD 3 months after getting it (losing thousands of photos) and then having to replace the replacement drive 6 months later. or every...
• Commented on Robert Cringely: don't bail out the auto industry, outsource it to Jobs
  this is the silliest thing i've read in months. let's start with: "One advantage of my having written about this industry since dinosaurs roamed the earth..." ...which makes you qualified to understand the financials of the american car industry? "Honda...
• Commented on Ford on selling 65MPG Euro-diesel car in U.S.: Nah, Americans won't buy it
  like a lot of euro-diesels, this isn't just a marketing decision. some states (CA in particular) have very stringent emissions standards that a common diesel like this would never pass. like every other euro company, ford is just saying that...
• Commented on Browse iTunes for music, then buy from Amazon
  i know it's not as guerilla, but mediamonkey added a similar feature in their last update. very handy for finding album art. guerilla. mediamonkey. see what i did there?...
• Commented on Jobs introduces new iPods and iTunes 8: it knows what you like
  it's not that i'd be concerned about my musical taste getting out into the open, but the fact that they developed a data miner and then are touting it as the latest and greatest feature reminds me that apples greatest...