XKCD Improving the Internet ... Yet Again 204
netbuzz writes "Comic creator Randall Monroe suggested in a recent xkcd strip that YouTube comments would be better — or, more precisely, less idiotic — if only those posting them were forced to hear their words read aloud first. Well, YouTube has gone and made this "audio preview" a reality, albeit an optional one. And, it's not the first time that xkcd has contributed to the betterment of the Internet, as those who are familiar with last year's "Internet census" and its use of a Hilbert curve may remember."
Re:Of course... (Score:5, Informative)
That's a pretty bad example if you ask me, given that both sites were created by the same person.
Re:Of course... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Interesting concept... (Score:2, Informative)
Hey, I am from Iowa you insensitive clod...
I really am from Iowa, and according to Wikipedia [wikipedia.org] so are these people:
Tom Arnold
Lara Flynn Boyle
Terry Farrell
John Getz
David Anthony Higgins
Mary Beth Hurt
Ashton Kutcher
Cloris Leachman
Ron Livingston
Kate Mulgrew
Donna Reed
Brandon Routh
John Wayne
Elijah Wood
Re:I'm impressed! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:I'm impressed! (Score:2, Informative)
This comes from the British "pants" which is short for "underpants". Which I guess is kind of weird etymologically, but since we didn't call trousers "pants" in the first place it doesn't matter to us
Re:I'm impressed! (Score:3, Informative)
Trousers=Pants in the UK. And yes, you can mod me informative.