Isn't it racist to say all "Chinese and Japanese hate each other's guts"? Also, it's idiotic to think you can't celebrate culture with some generalizations. Clearly there's a huge variation in European culture - is it racist to generalize as German the Oktoberfest festival because it's really a Bavarian thing? After…

Meh...people were beating up on Ireland long before Cromwell. The Plantation of Ulster began 50 years or so prior, which itself was a response for chronic Irish civil wars.

I would support a higher minimum wage, like $15/hour or so. The problem is that it would likely increase inflation, and result in fewer jobs. But at some level we need to raise the bar to increase incentives to work. Basically it's financially just as attractive to not work as it is to work.

I recently switched from onenote to Evernote because I could never manage to sync notebooks on multiple devices in a reasonable way (ended up with several different notebooks). Also, for taking call notes in onenote how can you get it to automatically add a time stamp? Or even have a view with notes sorted by date? I…

It's always been about shock value and sticking a finger in the eye of the sensible public. To say Madonna's was some sort of social commentary is ridiculous - whether it's Ozzy biting the head off a bat, Madonna nude, or Miley's twerking, it's all for shock/outrage PR. There will likely be a day when Victorian…

No. I have quad core Ivy Bridge, 16GB RAM, 2x SSD RAID, and iTunes always feels like it's on the verge of crashing. Pauses and delays, ghosted screens, etc. I only use it when I absolutely have to, which is to organize music and playlists. The cynic in me thinks Apple does this on purpose to try and make Windows look…

This is the internet. You're not supposed to agree with me.

Yes, that's bad, not denying it. But "danger of radiation" versus "over 2000 horrible deaths by chemical exposure"? If you happened to be on scene looking at the stacks of bodies I'm sure you'd rate Bhopal worse.

To further reinforce the point, how is Fukushima worse than Banqiao, or even Deepwater Horizon and Bhopal? Exactly one person was killed in the initial explosion in Fukushima, and not a single death from radiation. Yes, it's a clean up mess and very very bad situation, but I would much rather have lived through that…

Well, the problem in California is not the funds or getting Californians to like the idea, it is that the vested interests that have been involved in the high speed rail project over the past years will assassinate it. I'm sure there's untold thousands of lobbyists, unions, promised votes in the legislature for…

Certainly I wouldn't be offended if Asians came up with funny meanings in Mandarin for English names. I'd just laugh.

People are throwing around the term "racism" as an all encompassing epithet these days. I would consider racism to be the belief that a certain group of people are inferior or different because of their racial and genetic makeup. It has nothing to do with wealth, cultural stereotypes, etc. Real racism, like the hood…

I went back. Or more accurately, I have a MBA which I gave to my 8 year old daughter. The mac hardware is great, but for serious work, Windows 7 is just more efficient for me. It's rock solid, aero snap is better than expose for window management, and when will Apple drop the "menu at the top of the main screen"…

Seems like a turbine could be a option for electric cars as a backup electric generator rather than use all the complexity of a hybrid. I'm sure somebody looked at it though, probably some reason that it hasn't been adopted.

He probably remembers seeing The Mask. She was an absolute bombshell in that movie.

Truth.

I'd like to know how they achieve TV watching, particularly premium cable. If it's just basic cable, then why bother. Also, what about DVR?

I have a MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, a few windows workstations and win7 Laptops Including a surface. i also use ios routinely with my ipads and use wp8 for a phone. I'll have to say if I had to use just one it would be windows. The whole "Mac just works" thing is a myth, I have more issues keeping my MacBooks running…

I was a few heartbeats away from clicking "buy" on the Tesla website yesterday, and am genuinely in the market for one once my lease runs out on my current vehicle. The Panamera did get me thinking, although really guys I don't think they are the same price point. A maxed out Model S (not the performance version) is…

I'd vote for malaise-era American car, so everybody can understand how the American auto industry almost commit suicide.