Comments for Peter Krupa

Comment on See you in hell by Tom

Tom — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:17:49 +0000

I hope they enjoy millstones.

Comment on Early Glenn Beck by gauche

gauche — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:06:26 +0000

Dave Foley is hilarious. I about lost it at “one more thing … Killer Bees! Forgot about them, didn’t you?”

Comment on Google to the rescue by John

John — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:03:00 +0000

You could also argue, if you were so inclined, that millions of individuals getting online and sharing information for themselves is not a replacement for investigative journalism and does not promote democracy in the same way the major dailies used to. Millions of Twittering Joes are not conveying the same quality and kind of information as the bygone investigative journalist; they are simply not able to hold institutions and authorities accountable the way journalists could. You might say, then, that the economic rent that comes from dominating an ad market is being used to promote democracy in rather frivolous ways: by giving millions of people a platform for the sharing of mostly private, mostly inconsequential information–or at least for information that is, for the most part, harmless. Yay democracy.

Comment on Google to the rescue by Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:52:19 +0000

And the good news is that Google will probably keep on doing these things since they all are focused around getting people to use the internet as much as possible. Eric Schmidt himself said that the more people use the internet, the more money Google makes. So as far as internet innovations are concerned… Google’s “cool tools” should continue on for a long time.

Comment on Fuel cells are not an energy source by Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:58:16 +0000

“hey need input from a conventional energy source to operate, be it natural gas, electricity produced by coal-fueled power plants, or magical pixie gas from your backyard compost pile.”

I’m one of the senior reps for Pixie Gas, Inc. We’re an LPG alternative fuel conversion company and we agree with you.

Comment on Fuel cells are not an energy source by pjk

pjk — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:37:59 +0000

hehe, good point. from what I understand, its emissions will be lower than a generator, and it’ll probably be more efficient.

Comment on Fuel cells are not an energy source by Jon Hoyt

Jon Hoyt — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:30:29 +0000

Wouldn’t the bloombox be more akin to an electrical generator?

The generator I can go to the store now and buy draws in oxygen and gasoline/diesel/natural gas and then uses combustion to drive an electrical generator. It then emits carbon dioxide/ other gases as waste.

The bloombox sends air and fuel across these composite blocks (cells) which then output electricity. I’m not sure what the emissions are.

Maybe I’m an idiot here, but that sounds like a closer comparison than to a rechargeable battery?

Comment on We Are the Shamelessly Self-Promoting by Joe

Joe — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:28:58 +0000

Jeff Bridges was in the music business for a while.

Jeffrey (puffing on a join after banging Maud Lebowski): IIIIII was in the music business for a while
Maud: Really?
Jeffrey (casually): Yeah, was a Metallica roadie.. speed of sound tour….. bunch of assholes”

Comment on Seven movies I’ve watched over and over again by Will

Will — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:24:01 +0000

So happy to see Bubba Ho-Tep on this list.

Comment on We Are the Shamelessly Self-Promoting by pjk

pjk — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:17:49 +0000

Rats. See, I had some inkling that he’d done something, but my 30 seconds of internet research didn’t turn anything up.