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• Commented on Interactive map of Manhattan in 1609
  How exactly would they know where trees and shrubs were 400 hears ago? My guess is somebody created a random forested area, then simply changed the elevations to match the landscape of Manhattan....
• Commented on We're all mutants!
  Good lord. Every high-school biology teacher worth their diploma knows that every living thing beyond a single-celled micro-organism (and even some of those) are mutants. Mutation is what causes evolution. The title may as well read "We're all evolved creatures"....
• Commented on Food and wine as collateral for bank loans
  Reminds me of a joke about a millionaire who took out a $100 loan from the bank, giving a rolls royce as collateral. When confronted they say the interrest is cheaper than a parking garage....
• Commented on Rubik's Cube album art
  @2 & 3 Or he could "solve" them with the needed pattern on one side. Although he would need 6 times as many rubik's cubes......
• Commented on How to incorporate escrow of your keys and passwords into your estate plan
  @46 Obviously data not meant to be public after death would be separately encrypted. As for after-death scenarios, what about an implant? You can get small RFID chips under the skin, so why not a small-scale, non-wireless implant that must...
• Commented on Automated shakedown racket sends legal threats, demands cash
  If it's cheaper for us to pay them than to ask a profession if we should pay them, then it must also be cheaper for them to not get paid than to pay a professional to force us to pay...
• Commented on The Devil's Kettle
  @4, it sounds like a great idea, unfortunately almost nothing will transmit though more than 10 feet of water, especially GPS signals. Water is one of the best signal absorbing materials known to man, that's why submarines have to use...
• Commented on Adam Savage gets $11,000 AT&T bill for a "few hours of web surfing in Canada"
  @14 You claim that texts cost Telcos very little money. The truth of the matter is that it costs them NOTHING. Background: cellphones use a "protocol" to communicate with the cell towers, just like all other forms of communications. Part...
• Commented on Canadian cops want to wiretap the net
  Shaw (major ISP in B.C.) is very opposed to this kind of thing. They have stood up against the government while informing their customers of the situation on many occasions. The chances of them being able to get this through...
• Commented on City in Montana requires job applicants to hand over all social network logins and passwords for background checks
  Just go to as many sites as possibly (hundreds or even thousands) and create accounts with different usernames and password. Then fill out the form with 50 pages of username/password sets, none of the ones you actually use though ;)...
• Commented on E309: Does <em>Beatles: Rock Band</em> have the most fantastically surreal game intro of all time?
  It is very creative and artistic. But as for surreal, I would personally go with the beginning of the original Black & White game where they explain how gods are created....
• Commented on Emailing while asleep
  This is OLD! I remember reading about this exact case over 2 years ago. Time to find some new news to report......
• Commented on EFF asks the FTC to protect the public from Digital Rights Management
  You know the system is broken when the EFF is asking the government to protect the public from a regulation designed to protect business FROM the public!...
• Commented on How to recycle crayons
  You can also use them to color paraffin wax to make really cool candles. 1) Melt paraffin wax in a pot, using crayons for color. 2) Take a large container (clean garbage can or BIG soup pot) and fill it...
• Commented on Make your own Alka Seltzer for a fraction of the cost
  Wow, 25 comments and nobody mentioning the absolute most important use of Alka Seltzer... BOTTLE ROCKETS!!! Now that I can make this stuff in BULK, I can make even BIGGER and CHEAPER rockets. Now to find a really big film...