The Dodge Magnum... Granted, it doesn’t exist anymore, for good reason, but in it’s day I hated it (and still do) because they took the reasonably stylish Intrepid (as much of a turd as it may have been) and turned them in to ugly pieces of pig iron marketed to meat heads with the “IT’S GOT A HEMI” slogan. I fucking…

This is the old argument that “professional” always equates to “good” or “right”. That’s a fallacy. Don’t get me wrong, I believe the people who did these movies are exceptionally talented people who did a better job than almost anyone here could. However, you’re suggesting that just because people have training and…

Chip-based ATM’s are becoming much more common, but the mandate to require them hasn’t taken effect yet. However, if IRC such a mandate is set to go in to effect next year.

For a “high end” system, from a price/performance standpoint, I don’t think there is any competition for the Logitech Z906 today. At least nothing that is still produced/supported. If you’re looking for home-theatre performance, power and sound quality, I’m not aware of any self-contained 5.1 system that comes close.

For a “high end” system, from a price/performance standpoint, I don’t think there is any competition for the…

The shitty desk phone and the yellowed-plastic on his printer suggest “cheap ass idiot” is the more likely explanation.

Sorry but nope... You’re implying that if a modification makes a vehicle ride worse than stock, people will not make such a modification. That is clearly not accurate in reality. People modify vehicles with nice rides all of the time, often for the worse, if they perceive it gives them some other benefits. The…

I think you mean they’re out of ideas and they need to do something to convince people to replace all of their accessories at an insane profit markup.

RE: The tablet remote... You can use the tablet to locate content you want to watch (think Netflix) and then cast that content to the TV.

RE: The tablet remote... You can use the tablet to locate content you want to watch (think Netflix) and then cast…

Why shouldn’t a useful and convenient interface be a top priority? Especially in the case of Bing video search... which does it better than basically everyone else.

From a conversation with a T-Mobile rep I had once: T-Mobile considers GPRS to be a second generation technology. (This is technically true, it was considered such at the time it came in to being.) Since GPRS was rated for 56-114kbit/s their description is technically accurate.

There was a man outside my polling place WITH A GUN, during the primaries, asking for people to support Ted Cruz. When he asked me, I calmly said “no thank you” when I really wanted to laugh in his face. It was super intimidating. After about 20 minutes, on my way out, he was still there, but the gun was gone. I was…

I think you took my point wrong. I was illustrating why it’s silly to be squeamish about lab grown meat when you’re willing to eat bits of a live animal. The original comment suggested lab grown meat would be unfit for consumption based on what it looks like. I was comparing that ridiculous notion with what he/she is w…

The router is the one component in my “networking area” that isn’t in any kind of enclosure. It’s sitting on top of a dresser, with no obstructions and a ceiling fan basically blowing straight down on top of it. And we have a comparable load of equipment connected. 6 wireless devices, as well as numerous wired…

1. I agree this is a possibility... But why doesn’t anyone address this? My router is the only component I don’t keep in a cabinet for this very reason... everything else seems to manage.

Of our recent routers, the Airport Extreme we had was about average in terms of how long it lasted before become too annoying to continue. It was about 2 years before we couldn’t stand it. Most last 1 to 3 years for us.

Let me clarify one point... I’m talking about all of the routers over the course of the past 16 years. (Edit for clarity: I’ve been using Wi-Fi for 16 years, “routers” as we know them now weren’t a thing at that time. Requiring a router and an access point. The router was typically the failure point.) I’m not saying…

Now which company is going to tackle how routers slow down and get flaky with age? I don’t mean they become obsolete, I mean how every... single... one... regardless of cost, manufacturer or technology, gets to a point in its life where it just starts acting stupid. Things get slow and a restart fixes the issue for a…

If your concern was not paying a tax penalty, so you opted for $9000 in health coverage you didn’t want, you should have probably spent more time on the math. Unless you make over $450,000/yr the tax penalty for not having insurance would have been significantly lower than the $9k you’re now paying for insurance.

Maybe...

Aside from being, obviously, dangerous... who else thinks this looks like the worst waterslide ever? If you don’t break your leg falling over the side, you’ll break it in one of those way-too-tight curves.