I’m all for punishing drunk driving, but I’m also for grading on a curve. If the vehicle wasn’t moving, and there was no proof that it was moving when he was intoxicated, then I don’t blame the cops for not fucking a guy over socially/economically by towing the car and handing out a DUI. An officers job is both to…

It’s almost like we’re having a discussion, but you aren’t responding to anything I say in response to what you claim. You make these new points when replying directly to me. It’s interesting. That said, your demeanor has improved, so I’ll give you that.

You called it a “barge”, and stated that it “falls behind” other cars “badly”. If it wasn’t weight (which has nothing to do with maintaining speed) and wasn’t aerodynamic (because it’s better than almost every other car) then what exactly does “barge” have to do with its claimed poor ability to maintain cruising speed?

Citation? Seriously curious about this one.

“Lol, what cruising speeds can you even maintain in that cheap-ass barge with an expensive battery? Once again: Tesla falls behind badly!”

Yeah, there are at least 4 seconds where the train conductor could (and probably did) see the truck and start braking. Given that the engine travels it’s distance in roughly one second when first entering the frame, then it took AT LEAST 6 train lengths to stop.

Since you made the comment on, you know, the internet, I just wanted to make sure you knew it wasn’t hard to find now that we have the internet :)

Is that the same hard to find Kroil as this kroil?

They haven’t lost their way until they stop selling good enthusiast cars, which they haven’t done yet. They are welcome to sell all the “crappy” mass market cars they want if it continues to fund exciting cars that would otherwise constitute a bad business decision.

I’m sort of confused here. He only insured it for 1/3 of what it’s worth, and when it went missing he did what? Claimed the insurance money? Because if he did that it seems like it’s well within UPS’s right to sell it, as they have effectively bought it from the owner. Now, just because the owner lied about it’s worth…

And I agree with yours. Not only the health of the business though, but of the industry. Also the diversification of the industry matters as well. Any industry trying to attract employees is going to see it in the best interest of the business to make sure working conditions are safe and employees are paid enough to…

Some businesses would indeed. But whether they did based on ethics or because it made good business sense would vary. Even among those that chose ethics as the reason, a business would have to be able to afford those ethics. Amazon is an example of a company that is likely doing this based on it being a good business…

I’m not going to say I’m for or against unions, but your statement and conclusion are just wrong here:

I didn’t ignore it, I dismissed it as a claim that wasn’t being backed up. What I can glean about the DreamCast is that it was sold for $199. Almost a year and a half after launch the price did go down to $99, but only because the company gave up on it:

My point is that at all points in history a new console cost MORE than $150. If you picked up years later, or used, or whatever, that’s not a valid point. It’s equivalent to me saying “$160 for a controller? Back in my day I could get a car for that much!”. Worthless statement unless we get to adjust for inflation and…

1988? Wasn’t the NES first released in 1983? So 5 years after release you were able to buy an NES for the equivalent of $300? Sounds about right.

“Danced around 150 for a time” ? Was that time years after they were new? The always accurate and infallible wikipedia quotes the US dollar price at $299, it also states the release date as 1983, which according to this inflation calculator makes it equivalent to a $714 purchase today.

The next question to answer is which can make 50,000 precision strikes faster, a carrier or an Arsenal ship with 50,000 Tomahawks in the trunk. My bet would be on the carrier, but I don’t know how quickly an Arsenal ship can reload a tomahawk after the “chamber” is emptied. Does anyone else?

I have a question for the bikers:

Wow, a thoughtful and well tempered reply. The internet is full of surprises today :)