I've found that, with most mainstream news stories, if they're discussing anything technical about which I am knowledgeable, I find their 'facts' and 'experts' hilariously and outrageously wrong. This is true about articles discussing guns/gun laws, cars/driving, computers and hacking, pretty much anything involving…

I've had clients call me to say their new printer isn't working, I show up and it's unplugged. "It says 'wireless' right on the box!" Honest to god, it took me a HALF HOUR to convince one woman that wireless did not mean it doesn't need a power cord.

Best idea ever.

This reminds me of Hurricane Katrina: It caused a storm surge so high, it actually floated the USS Alabama (on static display, resting in mud and silt). a 35,000 ton battleship, and caused the ship to settle down with a slight list (due to unevenly eroding her silt bed underneath). It was still the safest place for…

My problem with that line of logic, is that by making it a privilege, you are subject to the OPINIONS of others, who make the laws and write the regulations, on whether you're qualified to do something, regardless of whether said laws and regulations actually improve safety. The problem with democracy is that 51% can…

Not at all. Rights can certainly be removed through due process. See also: convicted felons can't legally own firearms. Criminals on probation are also typically disallowed from crossing state lines, which is normally considered part of the unalienable right to travel.

The problem is not that it's effectively a right, but that people just don't take driving seriously enough. Making it more difficult to get a license is a potential way to mitigate that, but I would argue it's not the best way.

Hate to nitpick, but I would argue that driving is or at least should be a right, not a privilege. But with every right comes requisite responsibility. You cannot have one without the other. Drive Free or Die.

The privileges and discounts available to married people, by and large, are not things I would benefit from anyway. Better tax benefits can be had through trust funds and/or S corporations; Higher education benefits mostly matter to those who go into debt over education, which I have avoided like the plague. Same can…

Call me a misanthropic bastard but I do not trust a living soul with the de facto legal power that marriage grants to a spouse, at least here in the United States. I've seen too many of my friends' lives ruined by their ex-wives and ex-husbands.

Marriage is, legally, a very stupid move. There is no logical reason to be married. If you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, just do it. No binding contract required.

20mph is a pretty common cruising speed for road bicycles on flat terrain. I can average about 16 on a mountain bike with slicks on flat pavement.

20mph is a pretty common cruising speed for road bicycles on flat terrain. I can average about 16 on a mountain bike…

Yeah, I've lived in Allentown all my life and had no freaking idea.

Massively high belt lines, nonexistent rearward visibility, and huge blind spots.

Pretty sure the Gary Fadden incident wins.

Regardless of how badly this car chase could have ended, the bottom line is that now the girl and her father have the most epic vigilante justice story to cherish and retell for the rest of their lives.

Are those fuses, or breakers?

Very sneaky. Actual pickup trucks only have a 3.8% upswing. Furthermore, the chart doesn't even have a category for large SUVs. Where do the Suburbans, Expeditions, etc. get counted?

is that an 840 or 850?

I'd bet that there are plenty of atheists holding office. They just lie about it so they're electable.