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chris m, buckeye AZ — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:37:24 GMT

that game guessed my age exactly right.

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AJ, Ohio — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:58:56 GMT

Gah, rope lighting! My husband and I just bought a house, and there is rope lighting EVERYWHERE! On the deck, in the kitchen (both above and below the cabinets), in the living room (where it reflects onto the wood floors!), in the bathrooms... it's just awful. AWFUL! They even drilled holes into the beautiful built-in wooden cabinets specifically for this lighting! The previous owners must have thought "cheap ambient lighting" was the end-all solution. Let me tell you... it's not.

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phil, Chicago, IL — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:35:48 GMT

Hmm,

Told me I was 26 but I'm 45?

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Sharon, Los Angeles — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:11:00 GMT

Yeah, it told me I'm 20 and I'm 42.

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AJ, OH — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:46:23 GMT

My game went the opposite way - it told me I'm 33 and I am 27.

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Lknudsen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:56:49 GMT

the game told me 31 and i'm 16

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Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:20:27 GMT

If Nolan REALLY wanted to do something interesting with Robin, Skip Dick Grayson all together. And Go with one of the other Robins, Like Jason Todd. Jason Todd was killedby the joker, and Batman dealt with the Guilt for a long time..

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Avery in East Los angeles — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:21:00 GMT

that game said i was 57 but i'm 30.!! and "the website is down" is funny.

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Michael, Monroe, Washington — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:41:13 GMT

I am 36 and it guessed 24.
But I have such a babyface that I regularly get carded for smokes and booze and once someone thought I was my wife's teenage son and not her husband.
But of course the game cannot see my face so I guess the program is just not all that perfect.

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Don Tuite, California — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:44:54 GMT

Re: the piggy-back choo-choo. It's the same concept as San Francisco cable cars. (Or Robert Heinlein's "roads.") You're not accelerating/decellerating the prime mover, just the box with the people in it.

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KRW — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:47:10 GMT

So is it good that I'm 46 and the game said 20?

Also, I think the train concept is one of those "why hasn't anyone thought of this before" ideas. Obviously the technology/safety factor was a barrier in the past, but I mean as an "in the future" conceptual sense. The secondary "service" car would not accelerate or decelerate any more rapidly than a regular train would, provided that the train was was long enough for the speed it was traveling yhrough the station. Getting people up into the service car in sufficient time to make the stop could be a problem. And especially the logistics of enabling them to move from the end of the train to where the service car is located, during heavy travel periods, could be a challenge.

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Caren, Charlotte, NC — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:29:53 GMT

Dan Savage answered a question in his column today about robot hookers/cybersex. Seems his answer is his usual: It's up to the individuals in each relationship to work out what works for them; there's no predetermined right and wrong. Go figure!

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vincula — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:45:37 GMT

I'm 44, but I'll think I'll use my game age of 26 from now on...

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Marcos, Lenexa, KS — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:41:37 GMT

The game was exactly right (it said I'm 27). I was about to start freaking out if it's really precise enough to guess everyone's age exactly right, but judging from the other comments it isn't perfect :-).

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Maria, Puerto Rico — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:26:44 GMT

The train rail guard or lack of one made me think "child falls onto track while boarding and gets run over by unstoppable train."

I will be 37 in Nov. and the first time it said 38 the second time 32. The first time I kept hitting #1 and forgetting to start with zero. How many times do you start with zero when counting? I was even distracted the second time.

Robin should have been a woman and Batman's twin sister separated at birth. Twins are always cool and sibling rivalry makes fun comic relief. Then they could have a reason to work together that would go with the comic book(I didn't read them--I read about them)plot to avenge their parents. Not that I condone vengeance, but the plot would make more sense.

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Philds — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:26:46 GMT

The website is down, is hilarious. (and so close to reality.)
The words, "arrange by Pen*s" will forever be poping up in my head.

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Sarah, Virginia — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:03:28 GMT

Regarding Robin lowering the cool factor of Batman. I agree. But Batman lowers the coolness of Robin as well. Check out that Teen Titans show for Robin in his element. Yes I'm a dork. And in my 20's. An yes I watch Teen Titans if it's on.

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Michael T, Hollywood, CA — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:34:38 GMT

Aw Will, don't go bagging on them mutants! Hey, anyone who can eat an airplane is OK in my book.

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paris — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:14:39 GMT

wow, game says i'm 28, but i'm 47 ... sounds good to me... thewebsiteisdown was great!!!

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Sean, NY — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:44:58 GMT

Just a heads up on that rope lighting story, the site says LED repeatedly but actually links to mini-bulb ropes on Amazon, not LED's. Non-LED ropes generate more heat, use more electricity and blow out in sections far sooner but they are much cheaper.

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matt — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:37:27 GMT

the game missed by 3. 4 if you count my birthday being this month.

and yeah, 50 teacher blogs? WOW! OMG! IT ONLY TOOK ONE AT A TIME TO BORE ME IN SCHOOL!

dude, tell me you weren't serious with that one.

please.

matt.

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Noumenon — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:36:37 GMT

The website is down is so boring I couldn't finish, except for the part where he's staring at the e-mail they sent him and saying he didn't get it.

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M D Buffalo NY — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:46:21 GMT

i'm 41 and it guessed i was 20

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FerretDaddy, Pea Rige, AR — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:51:52 GMT

One comment on the "This Game" post - if you scan to the bottom, you find a lnk to the English language page.

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Jay, Cleveland, Ohio — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:18:30 GMT

That game is very similar to a mini-game in the Nintendo DS game "BrainAge". I imagine that the "age" this game tells you is more along the lines of your "brain age" in the DS game, rather than magically trying to compute your actual age. Some of us have brains that think younger than our bodies, others do not.