noncornbatant commented on Do We Really Need Hellboy to "Come Out"?

"The general feeling here (and I don't just mean the responses to this review) seems to be one of surprise and dismay that entertainment has a social and political function."

noncornbatant commented on Neal Stephenson Explains Who Should Play Spock

"@canted: As much as I love his stories, I must agree that he really doesn't know what to do with female characters."

noncornbatant commented on Neal Stephenson Explains Who Should Play Spock

"@moff: I *did* get a copy of Anathem from Annalee :) and it is beautiful."

noncornbatant commented on The Lady in the Latex Hood Does Not Fear Lasers

"@Slatz_Grobnik: The movie is just that confusing."

noncornbatant commented on The Lady in the Latex Hood Does Not Fear Lasers

"Makes sense."

noncornbatant commented on George Lucas Will Change The Way Hollywood Works — Again

"@k_shigure: Hear, hear."

noncornbatant commented on First Look at the "Structural Core" of the Human Brain

"Keep up the PLoS and other science journal-type posts!"

noncornbatant commented on William Gibson Talks to io9 About Canada, Draft Dodging, and Godzilla

"That was excellent!"

noncornbatant commented on The Science Behind The Happening Is Jesus?

"@Annalee Newitz: Well, can he at least be wearing the underwear on his head?"

noncornbatant commented on The Science Behind The Happening Is Jesus?

"@Annalee Newitz: M."

noncornbatant commented on "Technology is Another Version of Communism or Aliens or a Large Praying Mantis"

"Pure ignorance is, of course, rampant."

noncornbatant commented on The Orgasm That Blew Up A Computer [Very NSFW]

"Of all the awesomenesses embedded in that video, perhaps the sound effects are the best."

noncornbatant commented on Why Are We Pleased That Prince Caspian Is A Flop?

"@The_Real_Quiet_Desperation: I hate to break it to you, but they am Jebus films and they play an explicit propaganda role."

noncornbatant commented on Cool and Crap Awards of the Week

"@geekzilla: It's supposed to be "goofs using monkballs"."

noncornbatant commented on How Will You Stop the Flood of Spam in 20 Years?

"If the Wargames developers ever do figure out whom to give Subversion (no, Darcs!"

noncornbatant commented on Will Milla Jovovich Pee On Shia LaBoeuf's Head?

"What is wrong with you people?"

noncornbatant commented on Stunning High Res Shots of Phoenix Lander

"I wonder if AIs will look back at robots like Phoenix the way we look back at Australopithecines."

noncornbatant commented on Where Are My Cybernetic Implants?

"I am both disabled (albeit invisibly -- it's my *internal* organs that have made a hobby of failing catastrophically) and a software security engineer."