I searched youtube for "l.a. weather anchor" and was not impressed.

some of the greatest works of fiction come from thieves. The "father/son" are lucky they're not in jail for buying stolen property. By their own admission, they bought the car without checking and tried to slide one past the inspection folks.

There are certain things the app should have: 1) Does not display phone number that is being messaged. 2) Can only send message moments (maybe a few hours) after the initial scan. In this way no one can continue to pester you, or stalk you.

Correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm just a "blood yank", but my understanding is that it's what you do with the ball when you have it that actually matters. In this case the US put in two solid goals. They weren't handed in by the other team (see Netherlands) or "lucky" as the US took quite a few shots on goal. Do I think…

First of all, my response was to a guy who claimed Obama "wouldn't do shit" which is factually just wrong. He and the US Government have "done shit", it's just not as much as the particular poster would like, and so he discounts it completely.

You do realize that we have done more than nothing against Russia already, right? There is a lot between "nothing" and boots on the ground, and we've spent what amounts to millions already on just moving assets into the general area and making a moderate show of ourselves. And I'm positive most people don't want him…

I feel like when you drive a tank into combat there is more to it than just steering... I can't put my finger on it, but I'm pretty sure there is a missing element, one that you would want to do well, and without a lot of "whoops, let me try that again".

Agreed. I seriously doubt that anything in the rebels possession, personnel or equipment, is going to have Russian ID tags or a "From Russia with love" stamped on it.

If you are referencing the Budapest Memorandum, that was not a treaty. That document was signed by President Clinton, and the US may or may not legally be required "[...]to respect the Independence and Sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine". But to my knowledge it does not state what the US must do. And…

Maybe I don't understand Ukraine and the people, but I have an easier time believing the rebels found guns and know how to use them, than I do that they stumbled across operational T-64 with live ammunition and a full tank of gas and then started operating them. Sure, I'm probably smart enough to figure out how to get…

Yeah, here is the thing, the President is doing exactly what the people he represents want him to do, which is nothing. He's also doing what congress and the house want him to do, which is nothing. I do not believe that makes a democratically elected president a "pussy".

Sadly, here in WA our roads do things like curve and go over hills and we have things like trees and otherwise large bits of dense vegetation that any cop worth his salt uses to hide behind. Granted, I can identify a crown vic given any 3x3 foot section of it now, but that's because of training, not because it has a…

You do not want to pay a Le Mans mechanic shop rate, it'll be at least a few dollars more than an Audi dealership.

My understanding was that they pieced together 30 drivers for a reason, because it took 30 drivers to create the perfect lap. Now, I suspect that "perfect" means they took corners like they would in the real world, and that's why they were showing them in this way. The guy that got 3'34 could have biffed one turn, or…

I don't mind snakes, and think they are rather cool. I bet my attitude stems from growing up with the rattle snakes, a poison and wonderful creature. They are rather predictable and they have this loud rattle that says "hey man, watch your step, I don't want to have to defend myself". But a snake with no such…

"I don't even know how to flag this..." - Every Turn Worker

Unless that software is running air traffic control, the subway, nuclear submarines, the ISS, or the very car you take to work. Software these days does a fair bit more than allow you to post on Jalopnik. I find the comparison apt.

You just named two things that are delivered using bits. bits are bits, the only thing that changes is the hardware used to get the bits from point A to point B. If you'd like to argue that they each deal with different hardware, fine. But I have a hard time accepting that they fundamentally do two different things,…

What do you have to lose? Fuel. I can't save I've done side by side testing, but I'm pretty sure in after a couple uses that the cat food can will be inefficient enough to not have saved you any weight. The beauty of a real stove is the predictability, no spilled fuel, far less chance of forest fire, and over a decent…

I believe the idea is that we human's should avoid forcing species to adapt faster than they can. As a general rule of thumb, natural changes in the environment are slow, with the occasional meteor setting the tone for cataclysm. Human's have the ability to drastically cause change to an environment in a large and…