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• Commented on Robot dance competition
  Youtube comment repeated for greatness: THIS IS A FAKE. That girl is not real and should be DQ'd from the CONTEST! MY Daughter was DQ'd from pageant for smoking and thats not NEARLY AS BAD AS BEING FAKE! Children can...
• Commented on Dane who ripped his DVDs demands to be arrested under DRM law
  Now this-- this is the way to protest. Looking at people marching on the street, there is always something missing. If you want results, put your money where your mouth is. Bravo. I look forward to updates....
• Commented on Comic on the joy of online reading
  I've read a lot online. CRT & LCD. I've read novels. Most of Harry Potter (all of it, actually). Lots more. I too started out in and read a lot of fanfic. I don't really have a problem with it,...
• Commented on Motor attached to series of reduction gears - final gear fixed in concrete
  Hah! I made the lego version when I was a kid. Calculated it to a ratio of far in excess of a million to one, though I can't remember it now....
• Commented on Another misshapen frozen treat
  In this case I think the lack of resemblance is probably the result of improper storage: it melted and refroze....
• Commented on Gap founder's amazing art collection may leave San Francisco
  I also live in SF. This isn't really a question of green space. The Presidio is already pretty well developed, and the museum was supposed to go in the middle of a number of other buildings. It's more a question...
• Commented on Lenovo expanding Del and Esc keys, nuking Caps Lock
  1) If fields need to be entered in caps, would it be that hard to make it happen automatically? In any case, caps would very likely be reassigned to something like lshift+rshift or fn+shift. 2) I like Logitech's big delete...
• Commented on Automated shakedown racket sends legal threats, demands cash
  This is why it's better to have a legal system where you have to pay the other sides costs if you lose the case. It stops lowers the number of vexatious claims and means innocent people aren't left out of...
• Commented on High School Teacher Recounts "Sexting" Ordeal That Ruined His Career
  Isn't this what the teachers' union should be for? To defend teachers against accusations, etc? Where was the union?...
• Commented on Are kidnapped children tax-deductible?
  #10: As for your second question, I'm sure you can't write it off as work-related, but there is a category for deductions of disaster and theft-related losses which would probably work: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc515.html....
• Commented on Are kidnapped children tax-deductible?
  Yes, can you write off as a dependent the child you've kidnapped? I'm, uh, asking for a friend... #10: I think the applicable rule would be that someone making more than $3500 in that year can't be claimed, so even...
• Commented on iPhone 3G now free with contract in Japan
  WTF? $240 total for an iphone? Isn't that way less than what they go for on ebay?...
• Commented on Rocket-ship flower-vase
  I think I'd prefer it painted Tintin-style....
• Commented on MacBook Mini mock-up is interesting Applification of the netbook concept
  One downside is that it looks like you have to put it down on a surface before using it....
• Commented on Young girls married to frogs for disease prevention
  Well, as long as it's harmless (which it appears to be, though I wonder what the girls thought about all this--might be embarrassing or might be an honor) I'm not going to complain....
• Commented on New York slum children will escape zip gangs with rooftop baseball diamonds
  Not big fans of sunlight, I guess......
• Commented on Anti-Great Firewall tools offer to sell user data
  Well I know one deep-pocketed organization that's going to be very interested in purchasing this data....
• Commented on Truck driver refuses to allow police car to pass
  Anyone else impressed by the road? LED street sign & everything, nice-looking overpass, good pavement....
• Commented on Atompunk: fetishizing the atomic age
  Should we call furries, even the kinky branch, fur-punks because they make their own furry suits and act like animals? ...yes....
• Commented on Apple to Mac owners: throw away your monitor if Hollywood says so
  Hey, look at the bright side-- cheaper used non-compliant monitors for the rest of us....
• Commented on Call to makers: woman wants webcam to replace lost eye
  I would start with a remote-controlled red LED, so as to go all Terminator on people....
• Commented on Reason's guide to legal immigration
  #15: I think you should contact your congressperson/senator. I've been given to understand that they can be both helpful and effective. Write some letters and get others to do the same....