Slightly off-topic, but regarding Zooey Deschanel's Siri commercial:

A friend of mine says the same thing. "They're like a giant insect!" Which I somewhat agree with.

I once worked with a Canadian expatriate who had part of his youth living in a lobster-fishing town in one of the Maritime provinces. He said you could tell which kids were the children of the poor lobstermen, because they were the ones with lobster sandwiches for lunch!

I cannot believe the persistent species-ism in this article and the comments!

"Ask a Clean Person"

I wonder if the new owners could sue the sellers/real estate agent over non-diclosure of something like that. I think some jurisdictions require the disclosure of deaths by crime, murder, etc. in real-estate transactions, as part of the known-defect disclosure.

Seeing that 2002 makes me sad about the creeping Buick-ization of BMW nowadays.

Particularly if it's available with more than just the base engine and drivetrain.

That's a very plausible scenario.

Actually, she thought Nixon and Kissinger were too liberal. She became famous nationally for championing the candidacy of Barry Goldwater in 1964, and he was an icon of the Republican right wing. Goldwater would be considered too liberal by today's conservative Republicans, he was actually libertarian on social…

"But the job market for STEM graduates is not as good as it should be, due to corporations' preference for hiring lower-paid, easy-to-control foreigners on H-1B visas, so many American guys decide that the high cost of an engineering degree is not worth it."

That reminds me of some "study" (not sure it was a serious academic expt or a journalistic anecdote) I heard about years ago where somebody was researching what was the best way for men to get strange women to approach them in public places. The best conversation bait: Brightly-colored food.

Just FYI - The 1972 Monaco GP was not BRM's only win. BRM actually won 17 races over the team's history, including the F1 driver's and constructor's titles in 1962 with Graham Hill.

Also, it's not just any old song - It's a famous traditional hymn that was played, among other places, aboard the Titanic when it was sinking (according to legend).

This reminds me of the news story that leaked in the last couple of years about a statement that had been written advance that Queen Elizabeth would issue if nuclear war broke out with the Soviet Union.

"The hardest thing about flying is the ground."

Or, what typically happens: Build the best car, and the best drivers will gravitate towards you. Supposedly, Senna was willing to drive the Williams FW15 for free in 1993, he was so tired of running behind Williams for all of 1992.

The issue of the franchisee's point-of-sale systems shouldn't be taken lightly: I suspect that Wendy's Co. is probably suing DavCo because their POS systems are insecure or outdated in some way related to security.

And furthermore, racing is a fundamentally unprofitable business, so even if you've got good business sense, it costs more to succeed than you earn by being successful. There are a few exceptions (Roger Penske, Ron Dennis, etc.)

Her background is a little puzzling - She's supposedly the CEO of FellowRobots, but the "about us" section of the website makes no mention of her whatsoever, it's all guys with traditional techie credentials: