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• Commented on Freelancer vs cheap client: please design me a logo, with pie charts, for free
  Oh, I believe it. These are the kinds of people that a diligent sales force will screen out. I was lead engineer on a project to build a laser micromachining system for a customer who had insisted on a fixed-price...
• Commented on Thanksgiving Maskers
  Seems in those days, if didn't have a hat, you weren't fully dressed. Dirt roads, no cars- it must have been relatively quiet compared to the distant-but-perpetual roar of engines we have today....
• Commented on Muppets singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  I think Disney has enough sense not to mess up the Muppets. At least I hope they do....
• Commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
  Looks matter to everyone. The difference between men and women is where "looks" are on their list....
• Commented on Sarah Palin Parking Lot
  The guy in the Steelers jacket scares me....
• Commented on 16 Golden Retrievers Teach You About Atoms
  I think cats could do just as good a job of modeling atomic nuclei...well, hydrogen anyway....
• Commented on The Glenn Beck Party?
  I think these pundits are meant to divert the public's attention from those making the decisions- legislatures. We should be paying attention to the people writing and passing legislation- what they do, how they vote, who is sending money to...
• Commented on EZ Cracker egg cracker
  Somehow I don't picture Marines complaining about little bits of eggshell....
• Commented on Heroes and sociopaths: behavioral twins?
  Likewise. The article is not convincing. I also reject the notion that being "healthy" means that you don't stick your neck out for anyone....
• Commented on Slider Stuffing
  Note also that there are no White Castle franchises, only corporate-owned restaurants, and they have this thing about borrowing money or plunking down a restaurant far away from their existing ones- they absolutely will not. Seems a shame 'cuz a...
• Commented on Affectionate kitteh distracts cop
  I'd guess that cop has a cat at home....
• Commented on IBM computer brain simulation as complex as a cat's
  At least all you'd need to get the pod bay doors open is a can of tuna....
• Commented on The decline of civilization symbolized in a modern light socket
  The electrical system in my house (built 1954) could best be described as "quaint", with 60-amp service, so that you could run the air conditioner or the refrigerator, but not both. I had this fixed before I moved in. There...
• Commented on Slo-mo demolition of iconic Philadelphia Drexel smokestack
  Note also that it breaks in half when it's about 40 degrees above the ground. Tidal forces at work....
• Commented on Transborder Immigrant Tool helps Mexicans cross over safely
  Someone forgot to explain how this same information will be kept out of the hands of authorities....
• Commented on Home made Russian water purifier
  I always thought my cats chewed grass just for the pleasure of barfing it back up on my carpets....
• Commented on Do you understand my first-grade child's homework?
  Physics and engineering degrees here. Took me about a minute to figure it out. Badly-worded problem statement, no question. In English: "If you add these two numbers together, how many more than ten is it?"...
• Commented on World's most awesome cheap Chinese toy
  That just begs to be attached to a high-speed motor. It really does....
• Commented on Sweet, inadvertent Sesame Street PSA for gay marriage
  The only threats to marriage are people who aren't as wise as Grover....
• Commented on "Malcolm X was bisexual. Get over it."
  The only thing I wish anyone would get over with is telling me what to get over with. Amen....
• Commented on Cats with fraudulent diplomas
  The hardcore Maine Coon will be huge, have huge paws, and tufts at the tops of the ears. Aside from that, it is very similar to any long-haired tabby. I've always wanted one, but the alley cats at the shelter...
• Commented on Stealthy anti-whaling powerboat
  "Stealth"? Doubt it. Circle the world using one fill of diesel? Doubt it. Looks like someone's expensive toy- Auckland's harbor holds more than a few of those....
• Commented on Bicycle defense kit fits in Altoids tin
  There remains one aspect of this debate which is profoundly asymmetric: when a cyclist tangles with a car, the cyclist loses. Big time. It's simple kinematics....
• Commented on Does the Baby Bust = a Sustainability Boom?
  I've heard the self-limiting argument for birth rate before. Whistling in the dark....
• Commented on A fast food morning with the Tesla Roadster Sport
  OK, now I'm wondering why you're packing ketchup. Is it in case you're attacked by a side of fries?...
• Commented on Videos of exploding capacitors
  This is every electronic repair tech I've ever dealt with....
• Commented on Car Finder app for iPhone
  Or just drive a car that doesn't look like any of the other cars. Works for me....
• Commented on Cult scene: New Zealand and Africa
  A leader who makes himself an object of worship, a process of coercion, a pattern of economic exploitation? Sounds like every company I've ever worked for....
• Commented on Careless forklift driver brings down the warehouse - video
  Just another case of owners making things as cheap as they can get away with. Happens everywhere. Kinetic energy (k=mv**2)would only be conserved if this had been an elastic collision (forklift bounces off of rack with no damage to either)....
• Commented on Douchebag solidarity movement
  I don't know any of those people, but I know them all....