I remember playing Half-Life when it came out, being behind some cover, and starting to take damage. I was mystified, until I realized that, while some of the soldiers were firing at me to keep me occupied, others had flanked me. That was definitely a “wow” moment for me, first time I’d seen anything like that sort of…

So Alestorm is to traditional sea shanties as Dropkick Murphys are to traditional Irish music?

Fenati’s race teams then dumped him, with his current team announcing first that it would end his contract early for his “irresponsible act [that] endangered the life of another rider.” The team he planned to race for in 2019 dropped him later, with its president saying the move was “the worse [sic] and saddest thing…

It is after all, the car that Jeremy Clarkson said “corners faster than electricity.”

This driver should never be allowed behind the wheel of a vehicle on public streets again. 

There were only two previous cases of a “walkoff grand slam while down by three with two out and two strikes.” There’s only one case of “walkoff grand slam down 3-0,” in 1936, but that was with no outs.

Wouldn’t it make sense for the truck to have some sort of “crane can’t be raised until parking brake is set, parking brake can’t be released until crane is lowered” interlock system?

Agreed, but one ring is certainly better than going over to the phone, picking up, etc. etc.  Not perfect, but a big improvement, and free. 

Check out Nomorobo. Doesn’t work with all landline phone service, but if it works with your provider, it’s great.  All calls ring once. Spam calls then stop ringing and no voicemail.  And it’s free. 

NYC taxi medallions are just about the same price they were in 2002-2003.  Basically, there was a massive speculative bubble, which popped.  While I certainly feel sympathy for someone who took out a big loan to buy a medallion in the secondary market at $1 million, and now has a medallion that’s only worth $200k,…

Interesting, I rather like them, but to each his own. 

If you told me I could have any car, but only one car (so no daily driver and a different fun car), I’d be hard-pressed not to go with the M5.  

Well, if you’re going to do #1-5, then you definitely should do #6. 

Accord with the top trim level. 

“I paid for a car that does 160, but I dont do it as a courtesy to other people on the road.”

So what’s your point? I agree, business travelers typically pay higher fares because they don’t book far in advance. I was responding to someone who was inaccurately claiming that biz travelers don’t subsidize leisure travelers because leisure fares aren’t low.

Deregulation was great for people who don’t work for airlines, and great for a lot of businesses that benefited either directly (i.e. Boeing) or indirectly (i.e. pretty much any business whose employees travel) from the lower price of air travel and the related much higher volumes. That means that all their employees…

Deregulation forced the airlines to actually compete with one another, and that dropped prices by more than 50%. Terrible if you were an airline shareholder, not great if you were an airline employee, but great if you want to travel.

A decent amount - trade shows, conferences, that sort of thing.  That said, not clear what your point is...

Because (a) there’s more to consider in the boarding process than just pure efficiency (airlines want to keep their best customers happy), and (b) back to front is only really efficient if people are all there at boarding time, which isn’t always the case.