@Fa0lan622: I don't disagree on your negative points regarding wind, but to me, the benefit far outweighs any detriment. The issues can be rectified with local battery storage handling the low-wind periods, or by remaining connected to the grid and selling off energy at high wind periods, and buying energy at low…

@TnOdyssey001: Agreed, but at least now I have an excuse when I get fragged in the first 20 seconds. "Those damn kids with their fancy controllers!"

@bustedchain: hearted... Personally I love seeing the huge wind turbines up here in NYS, but am saddened to think all the materials and technology is manufactured in Germany and shipped over here.

@Despite1992: You mean not cost effective when Oil companies receive the amount of subsidies from our government, right? If they didn't get such a free ride and weren't able to externalize the health and environmental risks, there certainly wouldn't be as big a delta between the two. Wind power is certainly cost…

@Fa0lan622: I agree with some of your points, and certainly agree that the surface size required for solar cells isn't applicable, but the wind at the top of the buildings (certainly the sky scrapers) would be more than sufficient for wind usage.

@Ninety-9: and $79.99 on sale this week. [shop.roku.com]

@FriarNurgle: I was in a hurry and my man sack was just too full, so I dumped my junk and my man sack wasn't hangin' low anymore so out the door I went.

@JakeMG: Waxing Pedantic: I used one of those in college for quite awhile and found that my back felt out of whack if I had to carry it for long periods of time. Just be careful that you don't load too much into it and it should be fine though.

@James Young: Depends if it's made here in the USA by employees actually making a living wage; if it's very well made and will last a heck of a long time (looks like it is), or made in China of cheap materials by people making 20 cents a day.

@Ceric Neesh: Plus it's cool as hell.

@blub: I agree - some of the European TDI's get in the 80's as production models, so I would think VW could have created a test model that would get over 100 pretty easily. Kinda funny that everyone is looking at hybrids and pure electric when VW has been putting out cars for years that get better gas mileage with…

@protodad: That's awesome. Where else would you link to when you say "if you believe that crap" than Fox News? ha ha, the irony.

Nice and all, but I bet it has a range of about 2 miles. Not that great for the military or for transporting people out of bad areas if it runs out of batteries right when you need it most. Not sure where the batteries go for swapping them out, but it looks like it's mostly motor and tread alignment parts...

@hostile-17: I agree with you that there should sometimes be additional clarification. I think the writers tend to forget the international audience, which is too bad, as it seems that there is quite an awesome international presence. As such, they tend to write with a local sense.

@tlewallen: I've had a ton of Swiss Army Knives and I seem to always lose the toothpick first, and then eventually I lose the knife somewhere when it slips out of my pocket and into the back of some damn couch or other. I think I've lost 6 so far.

@Nebula Octon: Please explain "economic freedom". Does that mean no taxes? Does that mean freedom to buy whatever we want (drugs, guns, whatever?), or does it mean something else?

@Pixelologist, Esq.: You mean, leave our money the hell alone, unless they want to give it to the rich white guys in tax breaks.

@rev02: Don't forget Civil Rights Leader as well as President. And isn't he running to be God also?

@acidrain69: Agreed - just liked your comment and wanted to expand on it (not correcting anything).

@Jeremy Lakose: Agreed, and that looks like the larger bails that are wound in wire instead of twine. Those suckers are heavier than hell, so if the guy survived the compression, there's no way in hell he'd be able to stand up and run around. If I recall from my youth, those bails are probably 120+ pounds.