The real flaw is that they all list the name as "McLovin".

The recent Best SSD vote bucked that trend, but I will admit that I was surprised by that result. It was also a result that was completely correct, IMO. The Evo 1TB model is just as good and probably would have won the vote, but the price drop has not kept pace with the 250GB model, so not many people have them.

The recent Best SSD vote bucked that trend, but I will admit that I was surprised by that result. It was also a…

What led to the decision to use Isleaked.com as the original resource in this article? I think the argument that it was just set up a day before, and you termed as speculation that caused a mild stir, is still a valid argument. What part of their WhoIs data is speculation? What vetting was done on the site, and where…

No shit! True Story - I had knee surgery and contracted an antibiotic resistant infection. This left me on crutches for at least a year before my knee could be reconstructed. My company decided that I could not do my job while on crutches, because I was an insurance liability. They told me that I had to go on long…

Side note on the Phaeton - I did IT work for a large printing company that did a ton of high end printing for VW North America back when the Phaeton was introduced. We also printed and mailed the quarterly VW magazine that you receive for free for the first year when you buy any new VW. They came to us with a project…

I really think this was more of bad timing on his attempt to jump over the punter more than anything else. But once he realized it was going wrong, there was not much to do except keep on running. Think about it. What animosity could he have towards the punter, of all people? It's not as if they would have exchanged…

It is truly remarkable just how fast the war was as far as US involvement, because it was essentially about 3 years total (except for Merchant Marine sailors who were getting shot at in the North Atlantic for several years prior to that). But when you consider the weapons and technology developed in that 3 year span,…

You don't expect them to leave all of that war surplus and anti-terror gear to gather dust in a closet do you? Hell no. I saw a quote from a police chief of a town of 3500 people in rural Idaho, who had just received a surplus MRAP for his department of 12 officers. He said "Once you have it, you're going to want to…

Well, they succeeded in discrediting him, since the National Guard has been ordered in. He was set up to fail. They wanted to be able to say that they let a black man from Ferguson run things, and he could not control them. What else would explain the Governor ordering a curfew after a relatively small outburst of…

No, it is the DOD's shortsightedness. A lot of that gear could have been properly stored for the next conflict. It is not as if Iraq and Afghanistan were unique. Every insurgency we encounter can read step by step instructions on how to use IED's like the ones that caused so much trouble for our troops, so they will…

That may very well be an improvement. They at least have a defined command and control structure, and clear rules of engagement. Since they are citizen soldiers, they may actually not view the public as an enemy to be dealt with and controlled. They also don't have a hard on to get out and play with their cool new…

I'm trying to understand why the Governor suddenly needed to order a curfew, after a very peaceful night on Thursday, and a mostly peaceful Friday night. Some looting occurred on Friday, reportedly by some "drunken youths", but local residents stood in line to protect local businesses, including the store that the kid…

I am very close to moving to the UK. Thankfully, I will be in London, so I will have public transport. But I want to eventually get a car, because I have never lived without one. This has me more than a little freaked out. Shifting, in particular, seems like it will be a nightmare. I have actually located an automatic…

You hit the nail on the head. They are autonomous, with no centralized command and control over them, and more importantly, no agreed upon rules of engagement. We have allowed this to happen over the last 13 years since 9/11, and now we are seeing the monster we have created, as if the NYPD has not given us enough…

Yeah, right. Like I want all of you sick bastards in my life. Oh, and the joy of some idiot who disagrees with me, and then posts my personal info. Nope nope nope

It is just a tacky, white trash version of Vegas, but with no gambling, 'cause they are good Christians. The lack of taste is staggering.

God that place sucks! I grew up in Charlotte, and spent most of my childhood vacations there, since it was 3 hours away. Since I grew up, I can't stand to go back there. I will get on a plane for 12 hours and fly to Hawaii, or fly 4 hours to Aruba. Much better beaches, and I can rent houses in either place for half of…

They have damn near killed it as well. They have laid off at least 50,000 people in the Charlotte area since 2008. Some of them as recently as last month. The fact that Charlotte is still doing well is a miracle.

Oh, Countrywide was horrible. All those times you hear about Bank of America settling some lawsuit over mortgage practices, they always fail to mention that it was because of stuff that Countrywide did. They failed to file proper paperwork on thousands of loans. Basically, they bought them as a favor to the Fed. The…

But you see that you have already formed an opinion on a key point, based on a few seconds of video, right? You based your judgement on 2 other cars passing by him in a few seconds of video. Who knows how many cars that passed after them that either hit the throttle, or would have, if he had not just been hit? Those…