Sounds more like a Hupkakophonie, unless it’s when I beep the first five notes of “Shave and a Haircut” and someone responds with the next two.

Not everyone says to do this, but those who do, do it because they believe it is the optimal negotiating tactic for a higher offer, without the risk of telling a lie. Now if you’ve GOT to take a job from a company that says, “Fuck you, tell us the salary,” then you are already in a sub-optimal strategic…

So, now we won’t be lying when we tell the cop we didn’t know how fast we were going.

Pff. Wouldn’t you if Florida moved next door?

A friend of mine worked in technology at a large law firm and got roped into setting up one of the attorney’s daughter’s computer at the attorney’s McMansion. He parked his new Mazda 3 in the driveway and was promptly told he needed to park it somewhere down the road. The friend suggested it was because of image and…

Says you.

Pre-crashed Mustang...I like. Saves time.

I live in Los Angeles, so I always have ask myself how my jack setup would fare in an earthquake. Also, I never get under the car without at least one person knowing that I am under the car. The idea of getting pinned with no insight as to when, if ever, I might get freed is too frightening to consider.

I think the key word in Canut’s observation may be “resort”. I travel a lot but am not generally a resort kind of person. I would imagine resorts tend to appeal to boorish people to start.

I value my life. Aren’t there any front-wheel-drive-cars and coffee I can attend?

I do this all the time, and quite well, from a hyper-miling perspective. I certainly wouldn’t mind if this technology made the timing available at those intersections that don’t have crosswalk timers. Also, I have to admit that I wish they didn’t exist for pedestrians. I’m one of those pedestrians who believe cars…

You’re stuck in that must-preserve-the-buffer mindset we were criticizing. If you must, then double your buffer.

“How Not To Get Stuck In Traffic: Ride the bus. /s

Exactly; the buffer zone exists to be used and not just to modulate braking, but also to allow others to merge into one’s lane with minimal slow down to either lane. If lane-changing were only done during ingress or egress, we’d probably have no problems allowing people ahead of us (and we’d certainly have a less…

Or, just live life.

Nope it is the engineering team that causes the pain.

Yes and no, again. Merely stepping into a car or a plane doesn’t mean it’s unreasonable to have expectations that the driver or pilot will behave rationally and responsibly. The passengers who boarded Germanwings flight 9525 would have been no less worthy of empathy than civilians on the ground had the suicidal pilot…

Here’s some guy math for you: cute + bad = drool

Even the windshield wipers were giving a friendly wave.