The Thompson Five

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• Commented on Please release me: <em>Electroplankton, Bit.Trip</em>s and littler <em>LittleBigPlanet</em>
  It's too bad Nintendo didn't decide to do this a couple of years earlier. That's when I gave up on the idea of obtaining a legit copy of Electroplankton, bought a CyclosDS and took matters into my own hands....
• Commented on Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
  I just deleted half my shares of Aptera. While I was initially excited about the product I'm not sure I like where the board is headed....
• Commented on Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
  The more I think about this the more I like it. The worth of all publicly traded things would be tied to the number of shares in existence. I really dig company A, so I'm going to make myself a...
• Commented on Sound-copying technology and countermeasures, 1890-1978
  No, I think Bingo is on to something. I think the world could be made a better place by making shares easily and infinitely copyable. Imagine how things like the Enron debacle might have played out if the everyone in...
• Commented on Wingnut extreme: Glenn Beck says "Story of Stuff" is Commie propaganda
  Religious people are happier than Atheists the same way that children are happier than adults....
• Commented on French burlesque film: The Dancing Pig
  I'm thinking that pig costume is just too good for 1907....
• Commented on What's the deal with all the collapsing water pipes in LA? Engineers: "We don't know."
  They should import some CHUD's from New York to deal with that Graboid problem....
• Commented on What would you do with a Class C IP block?
  Quake server....
• Commented on How many minutes do people in your city have to work to buy a Big Mac?
  I was hoping this would be a chart about how long it takes someone to actually acquire a Big Mac after they've decided to purchase one....
• Commented on Van Halen had good reason to ban brown M&Ms in their concert rider.
  I heard this story on NPR last week, and was amazed. Most of my life this was a story that embodied '70's rock star excess, and suddenly it turned out to be a story about a bunch of smart bastards...
• Commented on Astonish Yourself: 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life
  I like it when I can get a book you recommend for less than two bucks....
• Commented on Why we should(n't) go to space -- Kim Stanley Robinson
  We need to go into space, if only to plunder butcher and destroy it! Space must be destroyed BECAUSE WE CAN!...
• Commented on I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World
  From a Chinese co-worker: A dog's mouth gives no ivory (Can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear)...
• Commented on Cheap Trick releases an album on 8-Track
  What amazes me is that they could find anyone at all to make an 8-track at all. Do these things still have some kind of legacy commercial application somewhere?...
• Commented on Hardware video-decoder cartridge for the Nintendo DS
  The DSi has a cart slot for the new style carts. Nintendo only got rid of the old GBA style cart slot....
• Commented on 13 year old kid reviews a 30 year old Sony Walkman
  Reminds me of the time my little brother wanted to play one of my records, and had to ask me which end you put the needle down on....
• Commented on Donny and Marie do Star Wars
  I made it to 2:45 before my teeth fell out. It pains me to remember, but I used to look forward to that show every week. I'd managed to more or less blot the whole thing out of memory, until...
• Commented on Rocket Making for Amateurs - Another Living Dangerously Art
  Then buy reloadable casings, they are far easier to replace than fingers....
• Commented on Underground Classics - The Transformation of Comics into Comix
  Ok, but what if I'm really dull? Here's a better question; How do I get you to send me the books after you've read them?...
• Commented on Monkeylectric's "Full Color Persistence of Vision" Bike Wheel Video Display
  That is so full of awesome, but I'm crossing fingers for ladyada to make an updated kit....
• Commented on Underground Classics - The Transformation of Comics into Comix
  How can I get 3-4 books every day to review, instead of paying full price for the books you do review?...
• Commented on Sarah's Smash Shack: rental rooms you can smash crockery in
  I see a franchise in the future. Jim Rose used to do something similar with appliances, the Crush Cage....
• Commented on Kid keeping a lending library of banned books in <s>his</s> her locker
  #27 As any good Mormon will tell you; Just because something is made up, doesn't mean it's not true....
• Commented on Kid keeping a lending library of banned books in <s>his</s> her locker
  I selected Catch-22 for an assignment in my Catholic Jr. High and was told to select another book. I took the F instead. I really have to credit St. Catherine's of Sienna for instilling me with a lifelong loathing of...
• Commented on Speaking of Bacon: Canadian Bacon graffitti (or is it "radon?", and bacon bracelet.
  Rashers....
• Commented on Michael Jackson face appears in Muhammed Ali video: hoax or pareidolia?
  The J-ghost solution seems the most likely, but I see weird stuff like this regularly when recovering deleted files from people computers. Sometimes the data gets mashed up in interesting ways....
• Commented on Multi-level marketing spam for child-fingerprinting operation
  Sure enough, my kids all brought fingerprinting flyers home from school today. "Help protect you children. Have their "paw prints" taken by the Police Department" You see it says "paw print" because it is next to a picture of Snoopy...
• Commented on Wanted: Wolfman to holler at tourists on a New Hampshire steam train
  Plus you get that cool company car....
• Commented on Wanted: Wolfman to holler at tourists on a New Hampshire steam train
  My whole family loves the Wolfman. We see him every year and he will be missed. I wish I could take the gig, I've got the look down, but I don't think I can make it on that salary, even...
• Commented on Multi-level marketing spam for child-fingerprinting operation
  I ran into these ghouls at an air show once. They had surrounded the only ATM on the base so you had to cut through their lines to get to it. And you would not believe how long these lines...