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Commented on Iran: More on the life and death of Neda Agha-Soltan
I've rarely encountered media as compelling as Neda's death. It is inevitable that this woman's death will become a critical event in the current events and future of Iran. In fact, I feel that this will be a pivotal piece...
Commented on Zombie haiku contest -- best entry wins the game of Plants vs. Zombies
Erstwhile thespian, Alas, swapped love of drama for CEREBELLAR BLISS!...
Commented on Interview with Harvard law prof who's challenging the constitutionality of the RIAA suits
Hmm. I am as anti-RIAA as most folks here (maybe more so - I'm an IP attorney, and I think the RIAA's actions are outrageously harmful to the body of copyright law.) However - this seems like an awfully weak...
Commented on Study: even at $199, consumers still don't care about Blu-Ray
@marsattacks (in view of Pork's comments) - 4a) "A physical article is more secure..." - that argument was thoroughly killed 10 years ago, when commodity hard drives hit the multiple-gigabyte range. People don't really buy DVDs for the actual disc...
Commented on Video: 'Creepy gnome' back on prowl
@ 12 Wow - that link (http://www.terrorgnome.com) tells a tragic story. This guy - a harmless internet dork - decided to visit the scene of this video in Argentina, at significant personal expense. But almost immediately after arriving in Argentina,...
Commented on MIMO 7-inch LCD monitors for menus, widgets and contact lists
I'm not really sure that adding a small, oddly-shaped chunk of real estate to your desktop is *that* useful. You're going to have to position something there, very specifically, in that small space. I'm just not sure that the utility...
Commented on Samsung's Digital Frames include USB monitor support
Wow, coincidental timing! I just got one of these last week. It's sitting on my desk, right over there --------> ... (Side-note: The digital picture frame market is DISMAL... filled with terrible offerings. All I wanted was a frame with...
Commented on McCain-Palin campaign calls for respect for fair use
I didn't really read this incident as "McCain ticket stumps for fair use." I didn't read it as "McCain ticket stumps for fair use for political candidates," either. I read it as: "McCain ticket stumps for special treatment of VIPs...
Commented on I went to a Circuit City
(First - it's not really fair to criticize CC, BB, or any other store as having "uninformed sales people." The fact that we're discussing this at BoingBoing means we're above average in technical aptitude. Look at the flip side: any...
Commented on Kensington unveils world's first wireless USB docking station, with DVI monitor support
So let's do the math here. A very modest display has 1,024 pixels x 768 pixels x 16-bit color x 60 Hz = 90 megabytes of video data per second. The 802.11g standard has a maximum *theoretical* throughput of 54...
Commented on Klaus Pierre, French-German Action Hero in Training in America: Big Party
lol - uhhh... why did all of the vowels disappear from my previous post? - David Stein...
Commented on Klaus Pierre, French-German Action Hero in Training in America: Big Party
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Commented on Keith Barry's "brain magic" on TED Talks
I had to cringe at the last trick - I remember seeing some YouTube clips of (*ahem*) less capable illusionists getting it wrong, and the disastrous consequences to them and their (literal) victims. The driving clip is particularly good. If...
Commented on Octopus with 96 tentacles
#1 and #5 BOTH beat me to it. Glad to see that we geeks are all on the same wavelength. =) - David Stein...
Commented on Canonical: Game with <i>Boing Boing Gadgets</i>
BoingBoing *CAMPERS* come together for *PARTIES*! There will be much *DANCING* of *BUBBLES* at *PARTIES*! Much better than *FRUMPLE* *OTHER PLACE*. Let us be *SQUISHY* together!...
Commented on London Mayoral vote can't be verified due to e-voting irregularities
Ummm... after seeing the error message, I'd like to ask a question... Is this e-voting system storing its data in Microsoft Access? I'm looking at the "dbo.[table name]" part of the message, which, I think, is pretty common in MSAccess...
Commented on Cartivision: '70s home tape system had physical DRM
Heh - instead of "Be Kind, Rewind," these tapes should've come with a sticker reading: "Rewinding this tape constitutes a violation of the copyright of Studio, Inc. and is a federal crime punishable by blah blah blah..." Oh, right -...
Commented on Latest tech news from the Associated Press, free excerpt full compliance edition
Heheh - pretty awesome, guys. =) - David Stein...
Commented on Video: A few minutes with the <i>Spore</i> 'Creature Creator'
Am I the only one who thinks the terror pig looks and sounds a bit like the houndeye from Half-Life? - David Stein...
Commented on Bierstick will make you beer sick
So it's like being waterboarded with beer, right? Well... I suppose there are worse ways to go. - David Stein...
Commented on Bananas are atheist nightmares!
Dude! I contributed this exact video SIX MONTHS AGO - in response to the "the lack of life spontaneously arising in peanut butter disproves evolution" video - and it was just flatly ignored. >:( I'm not bitter. Nooooooo, not at...
Commented on Sit-down-and-shut-up "Christian" Ford dealership is run by a non-church attendee who is sorry about the ad
Look, it's a classic strategy: Release an offensive quip that pleasantly amuses 75% of the audience, then do a quiet retraction as damage control for the 25%. It works well because the idiots that you just amused aren't interested in...
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Commented on Juvenille bigfoot or mangy bear?
That's supposed to be a bear? I am a diehard skeptic when it comes to this sort of thing - nothing yet has convinced me that Sasquatch or other fabled creatures exist. And this photo is hardly dispositive proof of...

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Kieran O'Neill commented on Untitled 1
@Arkizzle: Lol. Sorry I probably shouldn't have opened that Pandora's Box, although I doubt I'm the only one thinking that. I guess we can try and close the lid and hope nothing comes out through the crack... Anyway, I think the discussion's moved on, and most of the "regulars" are kinda fading into the background. One opinion I have is that by banning Takuan, the Boingers are laying their community down on the ground, putting a pistol to its head, and pulling the trigger. All that will remain will be the twitching of a slowly cooling corpse. Well, that's melodramatic,...
eustace commented on Untitled 1
Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of Untitled 1?...
buddy66 commented on Untitled 1
"Banish plump Jack and banish all the world." I've enjoyed y'all's company the past couple of years and have had a thousand laughs. BB was a bright spot in a dark time and I am properly grateful. I rarely added to this thread, although I engaged in some spirited exchanges elsewhere, and I always checked it out as a sort of bulletin board. I will continue to check in and lurk about on occasion but have decided to otherwise end my participation in BB's community. This business with Takuan is too much for me... It's time to transfer out of...
arkizzle / Moderator commented on Untitled 1
Damn Buddy, sad to see you go. You added a fine, true tone to the noise. Hope you'll drop back when it suits. You'll be missed....
ridl commented on Untitled 1
you know there's something about it all that no one talks about, or at least I haven't spent that much time mulling over, and that is that even if we fail even if the species dies and the planet is set back hundreds of millions of generations and all the languages are lost we can't fail we can't be lost and it's just not true because our timeline is one of infinite and somewhere we make it somewhere some iteration of me and you and everyone every decision I make somewhere I make the decision that I would make if...

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