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• Commented on Whatever Happened to the Self-Portrait of Hananuma Masakichi?
  I saw it (or a replica of it) in the Ripley's in Picadilly, London. Scared the crap out of my gf....
• Commented on Young Conservative rappers explain Jesus, Ayn Rand, and ANWR drilling
  "forcing women to bear foetuses to term"... In the interest of balance, may I now refer to abortion as "murder" on this site?...
• Commented on The Bridge-Building Centipede Truck
  When I saw the title of "bridge-building" I immediately thought of the amazing machines used by the UK military; the portable bridges. There is a proper name for them which I can't remember, but essentially it's a great flat bridge...
• Commented on Cigarette case-style clock winds self with atmospheric pressure
  Wasn't this idea first patented in the 1800s? Part of the perpetual motion fad of that time? (Yes, I realise this technically isn't perpetual motion, but still)....
• Commented on Tory MP says it was OK to bill taxpayer for his 500 tree forest, critics are "jealous" of his private forest
  "To assume that if given wealth and power you would not behave like the rich and powerful is to assume that you would remain sober after drinking all day." "The poor and weak are just like the rich and powerful,...
• Commented on London cops catch and search a potential terrorist every three minutes
  "Cuddy had only been a guard for a few days, but already he had absorbed one important and basic fact: it is almost impossible for anyone to be in a street without breaking the law."...
• Commented on White Mischief steampunk variety night returns to London, May 23
  Personally, I prefer the Modern Times Club, which is like this but for the 1920/30s (Art Deco, etc). And everyone there tends to be immaculately dressed. There's no formal dress code, but if you roll up in your belted chinos...
• Commented on Republican clown college photos
  @5 Took the words out of my mouth....
• Commented on Britain's secret spy-on-every-call-and-email plan already well underway
  Buy into domestic encryption services....
• Commented on Spanish Flu of 1918: how bad was it?
  It was also in the days before a virus could be carried from Australia to the States in a day. There are also more people living today and the cities are more densely packed than ever. A virus today could...
• Commented on Can game-design promote human rights?
  So, hang on... Blizzard and the rest ought to scrap their EULAs and let players run scripts and other mods to cheat because it's "Freedom of Expression"? Bad call. Or am I missing the point?...
• Commented on Court turns down challenge to jury's use of Bible
  @ 53 Oh, how very droll. And no, no it doesn't. Have you, perchance, heard of the New Testament? It's quite big; world's largest religion founded on it and so forth. Jog on....
• Commented on Let Us Now Praise Famous Mice
  Did anyone else read Flowers for Algernon? I almost cried at bits in that....
• Commented on Submarine cable maps: 1901 v. 2009
  @6 Well, in the old map it's definitely centred on England, because that's where all the cable came from; it was designed to connect the Empire. And the first transatlantic cable was laid by one of Brunel's ships, I think....
• Commented on "This is your second notice that your factory warranty is about to expire"
  4chan found where these guys (used) to call from ages ago. Maybe NSFW: http://encyclopediadramatica.com/This_is_the_second_notice_that_the_factory_warranty_on_your_vehicle_is_expiring...
• Commented on Google Book Search settlement gives Google a virtual monopoly over literature
  I'm a little confused. How does the Author's Guild have the power to sign over copyright of all books to google? What kind of authority do they have. Can anyone explain this to me?...
• Commented on PG&E wants to beam power from space
  Hey, it's cool. We've got Bond, and I'm sure some of you lot over the pond can fish up a hot female agent....
• Commented on Power On Self Test: The Mechanic Eye
  Garrett would approve....
• Commented on Ad: Richard Deacon for Thermodor
  "The beauty photographed above, is a total cooking appliance". I think the fact that I immediately assumed they were talking about the woman means that I've spent too much time on Encyclopedia Dramatica....
• Commented on Cannonball floating in mercury
  @ SCHMOD #14 I don't know, but with large quantities of chemicals like that, the white gloves and a knowledge of science, it's more likely than not he's a terrorist. Remember: if you suspect it, report it....
• Commented on New age holy water
  Try spelling "Evian" backwards....
• Favorited Amazing art made with old audio cassette tapes on Boing Boing
• Commented on "Marx was Right!"
  Bleh. I follow Psmith's own particular brand of practical socialism....
• Commented on Robber arrested at cop convention
  Ha, brilliant response....
• Commented on Long as I got my plastic hulavader, wobblin' on the dashboard of my car
  Many bothans died to bring us this video....
• Commented on Remixes of the paranoid London police "anti-terror"/suspect your neighbours posters
  @OnePlus #27 Actually, that poster is part of an ad campaign for the new "Police Pledge". The point of it is that any complaints or feedback the public have will be listened to and acted upon to improve the police...
• Commented on Guest Blogger: Richard Metzger
  Speaking from the perspective of a completely unbiased outsider on the issue, that photo is a little bit creepy. Anyway, looking forward to a new guest blogger....
• Commented on Hugo ballot is up -- Little Brother up for best novel!
  Clearly I am very dense, but what is the difference between a Novella and a Novelette? Are Novellas older?...
• Commented on MGMT tune played by iPhone orchestra
  Yeah, it's well weapon....
• Commented on Times online lists of "10 Spectacular second novels," "10 Cursed second novels," and "10 Literary one-hit wonders"
  Agreeing with #1 here. Time Traveller's Wife was an amazing read. Maybe it was just because the Time Traveller and I are both big Donne fans, but I loved it....