Science is seldom settled—but many people seem to believe that it is. If someone tells you that “most scientists” or “most doctors” or “most lawyers” or... “most whatever” agree on something, check to make sure they’re telling the truth. In some cases they are, because science does reach a consensus on some things,…

You use the term cult, but this is really applicable to any person or organization that asks (or tells) you not to question its/their authority. I just finished Jenna Miscavige Hill’s book on growing up in Scientology’s inner circle, and there are clear echos of Jonestown there. But there are also clear echos of…

Fixed it.

NICE RIDE!
How do you like the disc brakes?

Extravagance can mean different things. It’s not necessarily about how much (cars and houses and so forth) but how much and when.

You’d be surprised at how resilient notebooks can be. Six years ago I was on my way to work when a guy ran a stopsign and kissed my rear wheel. I ended up ass over teakettle—and landed on the messenger bag containing my computer. Hip needed replacement, fractured elbow and ankle.

Because riding a bike on the same streets as 4000lb metal death machines is somehow less stressful than being in one of those 4000lb death machines?

Schlafly and her Eagle Forum were Nazi apologists. I encountered them at a state fair back in the ‘70s, read some of the literature they were handing out, and became apoplectic on contact.

It’s been almost 30 years since I lived in Chicago—half a lifetime now—but when I lived in Hyde Park, the Girodano’s just off 53rd was one of the best places for spinach stuff pizza. My Spouse preferred Edwardo’s on 57th, but it was all deep-dish and we ate it regularly.

NB: The Fit packs things in under the hood?? You can practically fit another passenger in there.

As I said, I haven’t seen the problem. I’ve seen the same post cited dozens of times and lots of people pointing fingers, but I wouldn’t be surprised if what we’re seeing are all JRA problems.

Honestly, if there’s a risk that Grandmaxyzis going to lose all her family pictures, then her family pictures should be on OneDrive/GoogleDrive/Whatevertheheckdrive. It’s time to bring back a maxim from the early ‘90s: There are two kinds of users: Those whose hard drives have failed, and those whose hard drives will…

30% is probably the proportion of Windows users still on XP. If 30% of upgrades were blowing up, Redmond would be a smoking crater.

I saw that post (and a zillion OMG! follow-ons).

Nothing could make me happy if it’s associated with one of these.  Surely the ugliest vehicle ever built.

NB: Obama got three nominees.  The Turtle stood in the courthouse door.

I’ve had multiple email accounts over the years...Yahoo! , then Hotmail, then Gmail (since day 1). Gmail is my most-used, and my Yahoo! account has been dormant for years (ever since it started to look like Yahoo! was CTD).

So, like, you’re kind of hoping for an Eeetle?

Or the XsMax is its replacement.

I have large hands and prefer the SE...