Yeah, the 458 doesn't start taking his line through the turn until the Audi is almost even with him. Sure, the Audi came up really fast, but the 458 turned into McNish, not the other way around.

4.) The Rocket Sled

Definitely in the "hard G" camp. I once heard someone pronounce gigabyte as "jigabyte"; it was rather strange.

OK, I'm updating myself. After watching that video, the Lambo and A-M engines are a close 2nd. In the words of Clarkson, I've had a crisis.

I put the F-type R at the top, along with the Lambo Gallardo V-10 and any Aston-Marton V-12 (street, not racing).

HP is one of the major factors that determines a vehicle's maximum speed, while torque determines how quickly it gets there. That's why diesels can get off the line quickly, but often don't hit very high top speeds: That Ram up top generates 350HP and 660ft/lb of torque (detuned in the manual from 800+, as already…

I am uncertain about that 2nd image. If I place it on my desktop, will it appear all the time, or only when I look at it? Will it prevent me from knowing what tasks are executing and how quickly they are running?

You'd still be able to use the Google Authenticator app on your phone, or the VeriSign VIP Access app, or probably some others. Google Auth allows you to register multiple sites or contexts and gives you codes for each, much like having an RSA fob for each site on your key ring; for instance, I have tokens for Gmail,…

That's not a supercharger whine; it's the unholy shriek of a banshee.

That VXR8 supercharger doesn't "whine". It's the unholy shriek of a banshee.

That van was used in an episode of Top Gear. The Hamster drove it against the hosts of Top Gear Oz; he was rather shocked at the rapid acceleration, for which he was unprepared. It was the Ashes Special, shown in the UK as TG Series 16 ep 2.

Any idea when they'll have an Android app available?

Shut up and take my money!

And since most laptops (Apple's recent aluminum slab products excepted) contain a magnesium shell, it's doubly dangerous. Magnesium + oxygen = a bloody hot fire which can burn even under water.

People, it's "discrete" GPU, not "discreet". One refers to a separate component, while the other refers to quiet, under the radar, or stealthiness.

I did this with EverNote. That allowed me to add a photo of the license plate, including enough of the surrounding body to show an accurate color swatch.

There is. Open the command prompt and type "format c:" and hit enter. /sarcasm

I'd like to see more vertical full-HD wallpapers. I've got dual monitors on my desktop, but have one in portrait for long sections of code. I have found a few on sites focusing on full-HD phone screens, but not very many so far.

Yeah, Hangouts and Voice are no-go for me.

I once rented a house where the landlord was "upgrading" the plugs from 2-prong to 3-prong. He "grounded" them by tying ground to neutral, which I thought I heard could be done in a pinch, but evidently I was wrong. I had a computer plugged into one of the "upgraded" plugs through a surge-protected standby UPS. One…