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Brian, Knoxville, TN — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:27:46 GMT

Be aware that some computers have allegedly become seriously infected with spyware if you surf over to "Warriors for Innocence" (deliberately not linked). Some people have been reporting that they were invaded with spyware right after visiting the site. http://community.livejournal.com/innocence_jihad/14245.html

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Bob, Mechanicsville, MD — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:38:27 GMT

When I heard about the Surface computers, I had the exact same reaction in terms of flashing back to the table video games. Curious to see how they're going to deal with water rings, mail and, of course, the cats curling up on the nice warm monitor

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StaceyC, Bellingham, WA — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:00:26 GMT

I've got to agree with the negative comments--teaching your child that shooting a pig with a .50 caliber pistol (didn't they want to ban them?), then chasing it for hours while it's wounded is really cruel. It's disgusting. There truly is a disconnect between some parts of our country and others. Signed, Liberal elite, bleeding heart, Washington State hippie chick

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Kyle Ok. — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:22:52 GMT

Do they drive by and record this or do they do it by sattelite?

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Jennifer, Rochester Hills, MI — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:32:59 GMT

The LiveJournal suspensions also included rape survivor communities and a community discussing Nabokov's Lolita - not just user-written smut. Most sources are only reporting about the smut and there's been a lot of people arguing that LJ is perfectly justified to prohibit that if it wants to, which I agree with even if I wouldn't make the same decision if it was my company. What offended me - and presumably others - enough to cancel my paid subscription was the fact that their ham-handed corrective techniques lumped victims in with the pedophiles themselves. I haven't really seen a lot of news addressing that, or anti-fan-journal-restoration critics acknowledging it.

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Ben, Chicago — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:16:46 GMT

Dissent in the army is clearly not tolerated. One soldier questioned the events and explanations for 9/11 and "For voicing those opinions in an e-mail to 38 people on the San Antonio Army base, Buswell was stripped of his security clearance, fired from his job, demoted, and ordered to undergo a mental health exam." http://www.fwweekly.com/content.asp?article=6022

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Will Femia — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:21:10 GMT

Kyle, yeah, it's a van with a fancy camera on the roof. I think it's actually video and they take individual frames from it.

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Will Femia — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:23:18 GMT

Ben, but he hadn't been discharged, right? Maybe I'm not understanding what it means to be discharged.

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rebecca, providence, ri — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:50:18 GMT

I have a similar photo to the reflected van from not long after the time that mturk came along. Amazon/A9 appeared to be building an image bank that would allow you to see a photo of a storefront/building if you searched on an address. The task was to select which photo of a group (maybe 9 or so) best represented the street number/business name given. I went through hundreds or thousands of photos and made 20 bucks or so. One of the photo tasks had the truck reflection, which I saved for posterity. I don't know if the project ever came to fruition since I didn't really use A9, but it's gone now anyway.

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Alex, Lawrence, KS — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:17:22 GMT

StacyC, I disagree. Teaching a child to get rid of a non-native species that damages farmers crops and is a threat to natural wildlife, not to mention a public health hazard isn't cruel, its good conservation, and a fun way to spend a day bonding with your son. Signed, ultra-conservative, gun-happy, right-wing, Midwest redneck nut-job.

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Lisa, Tampa, FL — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:03:32 GMT

Will, I think you may have spelled Calcanis' name wrong. It's CalAcanis, I believe. Thanks for your awesome clicks. I never miss a day.

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Sterling, Tallahassee FL — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:44:45 GMT

There are two levels to being discharged: Active and InActive status. When you are Active you are in the service/reserves "full time" for a specific period of time - usually four years. After your tour is over you are discharged from Active status and are "out" of the service you signed up. BUT... you are now on InActive status for an additional period of time - usually four more years. During this time the service you joined may call you up and put you back on ACTIVE duty whether you want to go or not. They usually don't and you can consider yourself basically done with your tour of duty once discharged from Active Duty. But they can still call you up until that InActive time has expired. I was in the service from 1990-94 but was eligible to be called up (if needed) until 1998. That's what happened to a lot of people during the Iraq War a couple years ago, if I'm not mistaken. So unless that person is completely done with his Active and InActive time he can be called back to Active Duty. Although to do that just to discharge him again with a Dishonorable is, to me, not honorable - but perhaps I should stop talking now before They decide to look me up and somehow pull me back in.. eek!

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Keith, Minneapolis, MN — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:24:06 GMT

This was a farm raised animal that was wild only in breed not in life. It was shot in a 200 acre penned area by a child with a gun heavily modified to make it shootable. While this not the same bullet that people want to ban, it is the same diameter, a hard nuance to grasp for a left winger without the time to research her "facts". My take away from these comments are twofold: 1. The worst enemy of a movement is one who argues with inacurate information Stacey. 2. This animal was not hunted in a fair chase test of woodcraft from someone respecting it. It was killed by a poorly skilled shooter in a glorified pen. Signed, moderate, concerned, outdoor and hunting enthusiast.

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Larry Larsen, Redmond, WA — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:34:51 GMT

>>"But not only is Surface not some distantly futuristic technology but they're talking about turning these out to commercial partners within a year!" Not within A year, within THE year. As in this year. :)

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Will Femia — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:43:32 GMT

Larry, I'll spot them the extra six months, but only if they make sure there's one installed in New York City somewhere that I can play with it.

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Sean, NY — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:24:05 GMT

I was vehemently defending the hunting of the pig on another BB but made a complete 180 when the details came out about it being not only a controlled environment but a domesticated animal! I have no problem with hunting at all but that whole fiasco just strikes me as wrong on several levels. Also every single photo being released by the family (even the ones in response to the complaints about the first image), while not technically doctored, are brazenly deceptive, using forced perspective and careful angles to make it look significantly larger then it is. Hunting advocates (who I am generally sympathetic towards)need to step back and consider just how strongly they're willing to defend an amateurish stunt like this.

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Bob C. — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:06:08 GMT

I don't see how the Marine Mobilization Command has the standing to compel that Marine to go to Kansas for a hearing. He's IRR. DOD Directive 1344.10 (http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/ethics_regulation/1344-10.html) regulates the political activities of Active Duty service members. There are a lot fewer restrictions on reservists. They could activate him and shut him up by keeping him on active duty until the end of his commitment, but calling him up to slap his hand because of his political speech? Something is not right.

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John — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:23:39 GMT

As a long time hater of all things Microsoft, let me say, "Wow!" Surface looks amazing! I can't wait. Tell the boys in Redmond, "Way to go!"

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Eric, VA — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:12:30 GMT

Surface looks cool but how long do they think it will survive in contact with the real world. e.g. people with watches and jewelry, vandals, etc.

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Yark Snark, Ubitchy, Kamchatka — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:59:44 GMT

You MSFT haters either have undisclosed investments in its competitors or you have penis envy of Mr. Not-So-Softie...probably both. So take your prejudices and your ludicrous anatomy back to your attic rooms and endure your humiliation.

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DanE — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:13:06 GMT

quote=bob "Curious to see how they're going to deal with water rings, mail and, of course, the cats curling up on the nice warm monitor " I imagine that your computer would pop up with ads for glass cleaner and cat food....;p

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Dan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:57:49 GMT

Pigs taste good

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nick, philomath, oregon — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:03:06 GMT

Trust me, it takes a lot of our $20.00 html earrings to buy a yacht. I'll be lucky to afford a dinghy by the end of the week. The great thing is I'm cutting them out on my CNC milling machine while I surf blogs for references to them...but I still have to do all the finishing, etc...and it's 8:00 pm!