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• Commented on Rethinking NIMBY: Why Wind Power Could Lead To New Ways of Defining (and Dealing With) Public Naysaying
  I live in a 10 floor apartment complex, on the ground floor, almost directly across from the elevator (about two meters away). The entrance to the middle section of the building, where I live, is a straight six meters away....
• Commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
  If you can't stand the heat, get outta the kitchen....
• Commented on Owner of trendy Manhattan restaurant Paradou plumbs new depths of evil bad-bossitude
  This guy reminds me of Gordon Ramsey. What is it about restaurateurs that makes them behave as if they were the dictator of a small but strategically located, resource-rich African nation? They prepare and serve food. BFD. PS: Where I...
• Commented on Glowing bacteria that finds landmines
  Easy to defeat: Spray huge areas where it is reasonable for mines to be with whatever specific chemical(s) the bacteria is reacting to. Likely it wouldn't need to be the full explosive compound. When bacteria is air-dropped, the entire area...
• Commented on Try the beef in "Wikipedia flavor"
  "Wikipedia Flavor" sounds like weasel words!...
• Commented on "Malcolm X was bisexual. Get over it."
  I'd never heard of it until now so there was nothing to get over. Now that I have heard it, there still isn't anything to get over because I couldn't care less which gender(s) Malcolm X wanted to or did...
• Commented on Praying mantis in my backyard
  Commenter #3 aka "V" ...I thought this was a joke until I looked at the photos. Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ on a crutch! A *bug* that can kill a bird? That is wrong....
• Commented on Yet another reason McCain's "Internet Freedom Act" is dumb, Net Neutrality is good: national security?
  Eliminating "dumb pipes" or net neutrality is excellent if you are a DMCA-loving lawyer because that's one more group (telcos) you can involve in your lawsuit when you find that someone shared a copy of something they shouldn't have. If...
• Commented on Hello Kitty 35th anniversary birthday bash at Royal/T in Los Angeles
  Someone please assure me that "3-1-hk.jpg" does NOT feature Paris fucking Hilton....
• Commented on Beauty and Brazil
  I'm siding with "Antinous" on this. When I moved to Krakow, Poland about five years ago I was initially struck by how absurdly good-looking (basically "all") Polish girls were. To be honest, I still am. However, being conscious of this...
• Commented on Is the Wheego Whip the "Cadillac of neighborhood electric vehicles?"
  Boring and very limited in how useful it is. My "off the shelf", completely stock turbo diesel Citroën C4 gets 51 MPG with a good mix of urban and motorway driving, it can comfortably seat four adults and their luggage,...
• Commented on Tiny bug could wipe out California's citrus trees
  Patrick: no worries! I used to live in the US and figured you were having a go at Americans and how all the portions tend to be absurdly, ridiculously big (true). Ironically, the one thing that is always served small...
• Commented on Tiny bug could wipe out California's citrus trees
  Patrick: I said a half-gallon (US). Which would be less than two litres, specifically 1.89 litres. If you and your wife/partner are drinking a glass (200ml) each every morning for breakfast then by Friday someone's going to get shorted. So,...
• Commented on Tiny bug could wipe out California's citrus trees
  It may be the way of things to be cyclical or to even die out, but grapefruit, oranges, lemons and limes are a non-trivial part of the human diet, not to mention responsible for a great many jobs. Keeping that...
• Commented on Death row Inmates' last words
  "My name is Sam Hall."...
• Commented on Will a clean fridge get you laid?
  Foodies are starting to really piss me off. What's the matter with keeping some beer, cheese, deli meat and bread in your fridge, along with some actually-from-Dijon Dijon? I can't ever think of a time that I've had, wanted or...
• Commented on LIFE photo gallery of old cars
  When my wife and I were considering a car last year we had a fairly large number of super mini/small family cars on our list... but we finally decided on the Citroën C4. An excellent combination of fairly unique looks,...
• Commented on If lotto tickets told the truth
  I don't buy lottery tickets, but I don't really think of them as a bet you're going to lose... I think of them as a great way to fund a lot of worthwhile stuff (watershed restoration projects, education projects, etc)....
• Commented on Dude gags on dead frog (or toad?) floating in Pepsi can
  This is why I only drink Coke from a plastic bottle....
• Commented on How to make the scariest pumpkin ever
  I was expecting it to turn into a master mind flayer or at least explode. I bet it wouldn't be hard to do the latter....
• Commented on Best iPhone Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders
  I think I'd pay about $1-2 a month to hear about 10-20 very thoroughly reviewed, relevant apps (not games). But getting this info in book form just does not really seem appropriate. I'd pay probably $5-10/mo for a site that...
• Commented on Brutal military dictatorship that backs Fiji Water
  It's all about plausible deniability. Instead of GnuPG-encrypted emails, why not just SSH to your box on port 443? Or, for that matter, why send it over the net at all? Save the material to a microSD card and hide...
• Commented on Latvia says no more British bachelor parties
  Krakow, Poland has had similar problems for quite awhile and similar comments from officials complaining about the British stag/hen parties. Where a beer might be 5 or more quid in the UK, it's around HALF that for a beer here...
• Commented on Baseball pitching and batting robots
  @#13: Sadly, we already know how many robot managers there will be: ZERO. Still, the chance to see jazzed-up baseball would be awesome. "Multi-Ball! Multi-Ball!#!$"...
• Commented on Baseball pitching and batting robots
  The pitcher? Nothing but a modified Howitzer. The batter? Just a programmable bat on wheels. They'll NEVER be as good as Clem Johnson, who will have played back in the days before steroid injections were mandatory!...
• Commented on Giant "bad ass" watches from Diesel
  Who honestly can wear one of those big watches for more than a few days? Max Bill-designed Junghans watches, that's where it's at. Slim and elegant....
• Commented on Brit photographer who shot demolition of flyover arrested for terrorism
  @#8: Actually... I don't recall ever seeing a Chuck Norris film. I am, of course, familiar with the actor and the meme. Regardless, it still doesn't change the pussiness of British cops. A little photo and a snarky comment isn't...
• Commented on Brit photographer who shot demolition of flyover arrested for terrorism
  Am I the only one thinking that British cops are, basically, complete pussies? How many stories have we heard where they were whining about someone taking a photo that is going to end up on some nerd's facebook page? BFD....
• Commented on Storefronts of a fading New York
  Is Paul's Boutique still around?...
• Commented on French hackers unveil the HADOPI router: cracks nearby WiFi and makes your traffic traceable to your neighbors -- UPDATED
  Or just leave your WiFi AP wide-open, no passwords or anything. Change your MAC address every few days so, when and if, you're busted... The only way this wouldn't work is if you live in a really WiFi-sparse neighborhood....