There seems to be some confusion on the part of most commenters. No one is saying that Allegiant is required to refund the fare. They're just saying that it would be the decent thing to do. And what's inaccurate about the headline? It's a clear statement of fact.

Yes yes yes! If I'm buying a non-refundable ticket, that should mean I actually have a seat on the plane.

Except your income was just cut in half?

I feel like #4, 3, and 2 are more terribly dangerous than embarrassing.

Or Chinese things!

This seems simple to me. If the car is fully autonomous, fault is determined just as it is in any other accident. If the autonomous car is at fault, the automaker is responsible, in the exact same way that they would be responsible for any other product failure. How could you possibly have it any other way?

Not by any internationally accepted legal definition I can find. How about you?

Economic actions are by no means tantamount to war. Both nations use them strategically every day.

I don't either really. But I do enjoy looking at the direction technology based companies are going, assessing the value of that approach, and then investing accordingly. But I'm not really in it to make money. More just to get something more than "I told you so!"

It's frustrating. This is the first one that I seriously looked at, and then just never pulled the trigger on.

This post by itself should be front-paged! Thank you for swinging by!

This is why service bulletins should be publicly available. Not that most people would look, but I would. I had an issue with my car, the dealer said there was no fix. I looked into it again a few months later and saw a leaked bulletin had been posted a few weeks after my original visit. If I had relied on the dealer…

I can see that, but KISS can be applied at every level. Look at how complex a camshaft is. They are very reliable, but I'd imagine that a ton of engineering and manufacturing effort goes into them. And KISS is a nice idea, but not a rule. It too can be taken to the extreme.

Isn't the Fiat 500 camless?

Fair enough.. Upset the character is kinda bull. ;-)
I don't track, and while I should get to crossing, I haven't, so I actually do like the opportunity to lightly flick it from time to time. I figure I'll get gripper tires once the stocks go bald, which I haven't been babying, but I also am not roasting.
I'm almost…

I'm rocking steelies as well for another month or so. The new summer tires are inevitable - how do you feel about yours? Do they "upset the character" of the car as some people have claimed? I'm also seriously considering a catback, but I've been procrastinating on it for almost a year.

I wasn't very clear. What I mean is that nowadays it is probably pretty rare for someone to suffer significantly from secondhand smoke from someone they don't know, due to how restricted smoking is. So of that graph he posted, motor vehicle deaths are the item most likely to kill you because of someone else's actions.

I have to give the chief props for his response. He did the standard "currently reviewing..." lines, but then apologized and gave a promise that it would not happen again. Usually in situations like this you just get the first part, along with deflecting language.

Motor vehicle collisions are the first one (in general) that can kill a stranger. Thanks for the perspective!

Is she giving birth to the Indian in the Cupboard? Or some equally small Caucasian child?