The only thing scarier than a Star Trike? Another Star Trike:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcLete2X4vc

Can't be entirely certain, but they look like different vehicles. . .

You mean you misplaced your "John's Greatest Farts" mix tape?

@Xeni #1166
What if a commenter (and this is an actual example we have on the plate right now) used their real name and is freaked out about all the traffic and googlejuice? Do you alter their name? Remove as requested? I don't know.

Presuming that the commenter is an adult, they ought to understand that they must take responsibilty for their actions, and they ought to have known that their comment was a public utterance; I can't see any reason why you would be obligated to either anonymize or remove their comment. That said, if you have a reasonable assurance that the request is coming from the original commenter, I see no reason why you couldn't remove the comment if you (meaning the admins as a group) see fit.

This is your prerogative, since BoingBoing is your website.

And of course anyone with the capacity to post comments to BoingBoing has the capacity to obtain their own public space, and administer it any way that they please; if they are sufficiently good at it, they too will eventually have a popular and high-traffic site (and perhaps even a comment thread this noisy and long ;)

Bill, posting under his real name, Owens.

Disclaimer - I don't play Guitar Hero, and I'm not a DJ. Maybe there are elements of this game that, like Guitar Hero, make it possible for non-musical people to do things that seem like they're making music. But wouldn't it be possible to use the same kinds of mixing software that DJs use to, well, do what they do?

Bill.

C'mon, guys, look at the highlights in her hair. Those two pictures were taken about 10 seconds apart, and the one with her smiling was photoshopped.

Bill.

It's an implementation of a CALEA "Trusted Third Party" service. Makes your ISP network CALEA-compliant without you having to worry about pesky things like subpoenas and network taps. Is CALEA a terrible thing? Is outsourcing your wiretapping wise? Dunno. But it doesn't appear to be an FBI plot (at least, not as far as I can tell).

Bill.