I don't trust anybody who would buy an E36 M3 and then *not* drive it.

@Chris2812: Very small world. My parent's next-door neighbor also has virtually the same car (same color, wheels, year, etc.) except theirs is an automatic. I did a double-take the first time I went to visit them after buying my 5 and saw the neighbor with the same car.

That depends on whether your name is $kaycog.

@two wheels are enough: Nothing far-fetched or outrageous... except my spelling.

@meatbag_pussrocket: Because I'm not a synthetic polymer chemist.

@The Lab: Yeah, you have a good point. Wasn't thinking clearly as I was writing that (blame the ethanol). Regardless, steric hindrance is pretty significant on a 5G dendron/dendrimer, and "outrageous trick" is an exaggeration.

This thread is full of so much win...

@imaeffinginger: He's a graduate of camp redundancy camp.

@Ileee: post-facelift E46 and post-facelift E39 cars are, in my opinion, the best-looking modern BMWs out there. Especially the E46 coupes with the LED tail lights...

@Chris2812: Hell yes, +1!

BMW called. The 3-series wants its tail lights back.

@R22B: I would love to enjoy this video, but it won't go for more than 5 seconds without buffering. And I have a 20Mbps connection. WTF.

Beauty: captured brilliantly.

The "trick" isn't outrageous at all. They made a linear polymer of a bi-functional methacrylate derivative, then grew a 5-generation dendron out from each monomer. There's nothing far-fetched or outrateous about this.

@Azultima: The Boc groups are probably there for post-polymerization functionalization (but as a disclaimer, I haven't read the paper yet).

@blipflip: The molecule itself is a polymer; the figure just shows a single repeat unit.

Uh, check the numbers again? I don't know of any liquid with a density so low that 250,000 gallons only weighs 15,000 pounds.

@reinigrauer: Do my ears deceive me, or did I count seven gears?

@Octomac: I also dislike the asymmetry. I'm not a huge fan of BMW bike styling in general, but this one is just unappealing. The new Ducatis, on the other hand, are pure sex on two wheels.

@gallahad: I was thinking it should read "PR1CK".