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• Commented on A comment from Modusoperandi
  My favorite joke since I was about 8 would seem to apply to the idea of the world's cruelty and faith in God, if not the footprints story (I am cleaning it up a little): A man crashes his plane...
• Commented on Strange and endangered wildlife
  I've got to say my first thought was not awe or fear, but wonder at how they would taste....
• Commented on Why "dial 9 for outside line" may go away
  Definitely happens. When we got a UK client Boulder Police were coming by a couple times a week before we switched to 8....
• Commented on TV ad features creepy fembot
  At least if they were going to go to the trouble of doing it... err... all creepiness and questions about why aside, I would think that they could produce something that looks better than that....
• Commented on Lessons Learned.
  Ok... This thread has been highjacked by trolls who despite repeatedly being told that this is not the place to discuss this will not be persuaded to take it someplace else. Polite behavior and self respect would clearly dictate that...
• Commented on RIP, Thomas M Disch
  I feel that all expletives in the world cannot cover the loss. The man was a writer pure and simple, the obsessions that gripped him in the end cannot detract from the humanity that came earlier. And anybody who has...
• Commented on RIP, Robert Asprin
  Another piece of childhood gone... This man was a true gentleman. I will miss looking forward to another installment of what was a part of my growing up. And I will miss the man who was incredibly patient with a...
• Commented on Scrabble cufflinks
  Just out of curiosity, and not to seem cheap or unappreciative. But wouldn't this be a good home project? Take some old cuff links (if you don't have any you can usually by them by the box at the flea...
• Commented on Stuart Kauffman: Call the universe God
  Arkizzle - All science is a description based upon observable/measurable phenomena. Newtonian physics was an approximation (and a very accurate one), but it was refined/modified to the point at which we are today. I sure that people a hundred years...
• Commented on Stuart Kauffman: Call the universe God
  Xopher - The definition isn't a new one. It's the one provided by most of the monotheistic religions out there. The act of worship is doing God's will, everything else is just trying to bargain with the ineffable. I too...
• Commented on Stuart Kauffman: Call the universe God
  My personal definition of worship (based upon my childhood of course) is one which I think is a fairly relevant one. Worship is the utter and voluntary subjection of the self to another entity. It has nothing to do with...
• Commented on Truth about teleportation
  Ok, about to get really geeky here, but I seem to remember from my misspent youth (Trekie girlfriend in high school) that the definition above, wherein matter was disassembled and the pattern recreated at a different spot was the definition...
• Commented on Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear
  As an addendum, check out the Spineocrat cartoon. It reinforces what I just haphazardly said beautifully....
• Commented on Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear
  Alright, if we had only been doing stuff like this on the public airwaves five years ago, we wouldn't be chuckling at it now. Seriously, this is brilliant, but why can't we do ad campaigns like this? Other than the...
• Commented on Short video makes fun of to-do list mania
  But... but... if he does that at the end, how is he going to cross it off the list?...
• Commented on Wondertoonel der Nature
  Just to point out the obvious... The curiosity cabinet has it parallels in what boing boing does today. I love the way in which this site showcases the work of others for the edification of all. Keep it up guys....
• Commented on Pol Pot's 1973 stretch Mercedes on eBay
  Look, I know this stuff generates hits, and I know that I am just feeding into this by responding, but seriously? I have my own horrid fascination with all things bright and shiny that correlate to the darker side of...