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• Commented on Unintentional Humor of the Day
  Only way to it to stop is either you install or stop the Automatic Update service in your Services console....
• Commented on Portrait of the blogger as a young D&D addict
  I think it was video games for my generation: http://www.evilcon.net/media/nyt.html Sixth paragraph down, starting with "In a small town in South Florida..." That was us. All of us grew up without shooting anyone or ourselves. Video of A & E...
• Commented on Homophobic murder in Puerto Rico. Cop: "he deserved it" for his lifestyle
  It's not as thought all of PR said that. It was one cop in PR. How did he become the voice of all of PR?...
• Commented on Lou Jing, half black Chinese girl, sparks race debate in China
  It's not a government policy at all. It is a Chinese and, to a large extend, an East Asian societal problem. The Chinese government has actively discouraged racism in China. One can question the effectiveness of their methods but I...
• Commented on Submit your toddler's science questions!
  Your kid's questions restored a bit of faith in humanity for me....
• Commented on Can you tell if people are dangerous by looking at their face?
  While I agree that people do it all the time because they're cognitive shortcuts, problems arise when we allow these first impressions be the last impressions and never give people a chance to be more than what we initially guessed...
• Commented on Barefoot Burglar, 18, suspected of stealing planes, etc.
  I've played with flight simulators but probably not as much as some people. I have also flown a glider with a trainer once. The two aren't similar enough that you can just hop in and fly. Coordinating the rudder with...
• Commented on The speech Safire wrote for Nixon if Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the moon.
  Check out this interview with Michael Collins: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/jul/19/michael-collins-astronaut-apollo11/print He didn't seem too uptight about being "forgotten". In fact his biggest worry was about leaving his comrades behind. The part about Lindbergh telling Collins that he will be the loneliest man...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  @159: If that's the case, then none of us know if we are truly free. Perhaps you're right....
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  @115: Where did you get that from or did you make it up? It's wonderful!...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  @51: LOL. After I wrote that I wondered what the orthodox Jewish view on "I can haz cheeseburger" is. Do the kittens have something to atone for on Yom Kippur?...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  @39: Why is keeping kosher less oppressive than covering your head? Not being able to enjoy the delights of pork or cheeseburger could be seem as sad to some people. I'm not sure if they're deluded or I'm deluded since...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  @Shannon: I don't think everyone who follows a religion do so out of fear. Jews, IIRC, don't have a concept of hell, yet many of them keep kosher. The appeal of religion for many people has more to do with...
• Commented on Are Muslim Women Oppressed? Ask One
  So people who keep kosher diets are oppressed? Willingness to obey certain bounds is not a mark of oppression. I don't do certain things because I believe they are bad for me. I limit my intake of animal fat because...
• Commented on Musician's open letter, sung to Lily Allen
  Argh! Now I have "dear Lily, you're just being silly..." stuck in my head....
• Commented on Church converted into magnificent bookstore
  Yale's Sterling Memorial Library is like that as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Memorial_Library At first I thought the pictures were of Sterling because they look so similar....
• Commented on Hubble's Greatest Hits: Astronomers discuss their favorite images
  It's pretty hard to beat the sombrero galaxy: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0601/sombrero_hst_big.jpg...
• Commented on Anniversary of <em>Le Voyage dans la lune</em>
  They also paid tribute to it in the HBO mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon"....
• Commented on Astronaut Alan Bean's paintings
  #4: yeah that was a really good episode. Amazon had the box set on sale for around $20 not too long ago. See if the price is still the same....
• Commented on Baby goose with homemade leg brace
  @#3: Yeah I get threatened by Canada geese when I go running through some trails. Did anyone else know that they can hiss?!? They like to slowly waddle across the road and then stare at you as you approach. As...
• Commented on Ultra-right wing potato sandwich launches in India
  @16: I doubt any religion is as peaceful as some of us wish. Even Buddhism had warrior monks and played an important role in bushido. I am sure violence have been committed in the name of Hinduism just like any...
• Commented on Illustrators upset over Google's invitation to contribute free art
  @#4 and #3: Engineers do work for free all the time. It's call open source. And yes some of us do it for the exposure. It looks good on a resume to have contributed to a well known project, especially...
• Commented on Fees waived for US marrow donation signups
  It's often free for minority members because of the lack of such donors and the subsidization of the registration fees by various minority related groups. If you're a minority, do a search for a registration event near you and find...
• Commented on Mia Farrow nine days into three week hunger strike for Darfur
  To arms! We must act now! Start a Facebook group and have all your friends join. That will show the Janjaweed! They will be powerless once everyone leaves the Janjaweed Facebook group....
• Commented on Edison's prefab, permutable fireproof concrete houses
  #3: Hilarious I grew up in the Florida Keys where the danger of hurricanes mean that most houses are made of steel reinforced concrete. You can definitely build a very solid, leak force house out of concrete. It rains in...
• Commented on Fon releases open meshing WiFi router
  I'm skeptical of this because I live in Mountain View where there is Google Wifi. It doesn't really work that well outdoors for various reasons. In general, I've found that wifi is terrible outdoors. So that means for this idea...
• Commented on Texas lawmaker: Chinese Americans should change names so "Americans" can handle them
  The part that really pisses me off is this: "do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?" "You and your citizens" ??? These Chinese Americans...
• Commented on Japanese V-Sign
  I'm a Chinese-born American and a lot of my relatives who are in my generation or later (80s on) do this. When I ask them why they do it or if they know what it means, none of them seems...
• Commented on Disagree with a flight attendant? You're a terrorist
  I had something similar but less severe happen to me on a Delta flight. While boarding, I argued with the person at the gate that my suit and my laptop, though two pieces, takes up less space than one large...
• Commented on Furniture from reclaimed wood
  A friend of mine's father make furniture out of drift wood: http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/07/Floridian/Real_Florida__The_man.shtml...