http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspxI don't know if you got around to reading yesterday's Commuter Click but it's pretty good. The best quote comes from Clay Shirky: "Pidgin is what gets spoken when people patch things together from different languages, so it serves well enough to communicate.en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52690Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:59:53 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52690Fred from BuffaloI enjoyesd the link to the "Interstate as Subway" page, but Buffalo west of Fargo and north of Billings? Hope there's an express train. http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52714Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:29:09 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52714Wendy, Omaha, NEThe Interstate numbering system is very logical, once you know that it even exists. All East-West routes are even numbers, all North-South are odd. Off-shoots and round-a-bouts are all three digits, with the last two digits being the number of the main interstate they come off of. Off-shoots always begin with an odd number, (see I-380 in Iowa) and round-a-bouts always begin with an even number (see I-680 in Iowa/Nebraska). The even number tells you that the route will hook back up with the main interstate at some point.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52799Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:13:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52799Paul, Alamo, CAThe Mac commercial is hilarious. I normally dislike those, but that is just too funny, especially the PC's expression of frustration. Hodgman is great. As to the burglary blog entry, it seems a simple enough solution is to "hide" an empty safe (cheap and heavy) somewhere they will find it easily (such as a coat closet). Throw some coins in it and a plastic box, so they hear them rattling around. They will have to take it home, and only then find it is worthless (well, worth $25). http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52815Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:26:48 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52815Doug - Des Moines, IAWill - just a heads up; the photo on flickr for the Katrina white pages appears to have been deleted. http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52821Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:33:10 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52821Michael, Fargo NDYou haven't seen Dark City? It has been in my top ten list for years. It has a fun scifi theme, but the real impact comes from the idea of being able to modify memories. If you had memories of practicing the piano for 6 hours a day for your entire life, could you play? It's also a great movie for fans of 24, to see Sutherland's amazing range.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52840Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:51:22 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52840Keith, MinneapolisCaution, if you dig into jonnodotcom's photos you will find VERY NSFW content.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52929Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:05:29 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52929Scott - South Bend, INWill - you say you find the image showing the corporate jets leaving Miami to be unbelievable, but I think it's probably accurate. In the fall of 2005 when USC came to town to play ND the local news showed images of the airport which was jam-packed with jets, and I'm not sure if it's true or not, but there was a news story that said for certain periods of time that weekend our little airport was the busiest in the country (number of planes landing/taking off).http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52931Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:07:42 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52931YoYo Milwaukee, WI.O.K. this is just my opinion, being that i am a native of Louisiana which is Creole headquarters. I am a product of a mixed family. There is no such thing as a creole so in turn how is there a creole language. Creole is a culture not a race, you can't check it off on any application. Creoles are products of the African American race and need to face it. My grandfather is half Irish and it shows in our features. Creole again is not a race of people. They look like hispanics for the most part but they speak English not Creole. The stuff people come up with.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52942Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:22:10 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52942TubbyAZI live near the Scottsdale AZ airport, and when Stuporbowl XXX was here, there wasn't room to squeeze a Yugo in on the ramp. Jets of every size jammed everywhere you could put one. So the Miami ATC image is most likely genuine. http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#52946Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:25:17 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:52946Will FemiaYoYo, I think you're correct in the capital C sense but I'm talking about the small c creole. See number 4 here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/creole You can see how that relates to Creole people who have naturally adopted and formalized a culture that started as an amalgam of disparate cultures. Creole is not a biologically defined term, it's a descriptive category. http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#54176Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:14:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:54176Michael HurstWill, I have a solution for your IE7 problem, Mozilla Firefox.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#54544Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:42:50 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:54544Alan Volk, Bartlesville, OKPrompting for pasting is one security hole worth covering. Pages can be set up to request the contents of your clipboard automatically if you allow them. If you copy anything sensitive, they could get it.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#54624Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:32:41 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:54624MelindaAs a native Louisianian myself, I have to point out that Creole (in Louisiana) refers to first generation Louisianians from the early colonial period and their descendants to some extent OR people of mixed heritage. This mixed heritage may or may not include African descent. Secondly, the Creole dialect of French spoken in and around New Orleans refers to a form of the language which broke off from and was uneffected by the evolution and development of Mainstream French.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/08/52615.aspx#54639Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:49:18 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:54639Melinda Alexandria, VaOne last thing on the Creole issue. This confusion often arises from the fact that the Creole dialect of New Orleans is, for all intents and purposes, now a dead language. There are a handful of elderly people who still speak it but the focus on Anglicization in the 50's and 60's led to many Baby Boomers abandoning it and not teaching it to their children.