Who is not weary of the excuse “one of our vendors...” for losing control of personal information. Customers rightfully expect that once inside the store the level of data security is the same for all items and services offered for sale. Those that claim that all data is in danger is only spoken by incompetents. A…

Last year for a while 38% of the electricity demand for Texas was supplied by wind power. Surprising to many, Texas leads the country in renewable energy production. I bet 38% of Texas’ demand is a whole bunch bigger than a 100% of Denmark.

Anyone who can’t see the artistic majesty of womens beach volleyball must be gay... not that there is anything wrong with that.

I’ve read that the passenger door was also an option. If you don’t have a seat why get the door?

2 million dollars? I can get 19 Nests for a lot less. The cost for HVAC management should be a lot less than 2 mil. Sounds like a bunch of vacations meetings in exotic locales are part of the vendor selection process. I bet the Nest folks would be offer to provide a solution if only for the press.

You are an idiot. I hope the facts are not confusing.

mrbwa1 you surely understand...

The focus of the comment was that the CRX Si had technical specifications far above its weight. The light weight coupe with 91 fuel injected horsepower yielded a car that was fun to drive within your commute especially when you caught posers off guard. Mine had 15” BBS wheels, Recaro black and white logo seats,…

Compare the CRX specifications with the same model year Porsche 911. A few things are on different ends but many specifications are the same and dimensions were similar. I didn’t convince my friend with the 911 that my ‘85 CRX Si was almost the same car for one third the price. I certainly didn’t see how he was going…

As an owner of a MY2000 ML320 I can agree that some of the engineering was obviously driven by price however the overall design has yet to be matched. It had an overall length of 181”, 2 inches longer than a current day Honda Civic. Within this fairly short body it had a comparatively long wheelbase of 111”, 2 inches…

Agreed. It is hard enough to make good ideas work, to attempt to force bad ideas to work takes and inordinate amount of time and energy which apparently some Gizmodo readers have.

It’s not just swaying that makes people uncomfortable. We don’t expect floors to bounce when we walk on them. As a consequence floor beams are designed not for load as much as they are designed for deflection. Folks complain when while sitting in their office their chair perceptibly rises and falls when porkers walk…

You don’t mention the obvious: Japan’s rail system with minor exceptions is privately owned and is profitable. They build routes where they make economic sense. US politicians are not encumbered by facts.

Allow notes to be sorted. Yes, I know you can do it on a Mac but you can’t directly do it on an iPhone or iPad.

The top three reasons a helicopter crashes are thrown blade, blown transmission and lost engine. The engine is the most reliable. With the other two you do drop like a rock.

Pundits in the early 50’s all agreed that the technology was at hand for the common use of airplanes and helicopters. Pictures were abound showing ranch homes with attached hangers backing up to runways with dad and the family tucked into their plane leaving for vacation. What could go wrong? It never happened.…

All the issues associated with autonomous cars are amped up 100X when applied to trucks. Trucks can’t brake or turn as fast as cars. Imagine four cars with the first intentionally braking in front of the second which brakes quickly in front of the truck which is hemmed in by cars three and four leaving it no choice…

Mining

I’ve worked in application development for several years and finding talented developers who are willing to work 40 hours/week for $100k/yr is not easy. I expect most game developers would hate having to spend two years replacing a mainframe application which will draw accolades from no one. There are network gurus…

Idiotic. The ships sent to the breakers are barely seaworthy and some sink before they get there. As it is ships are designed with a minimal safety factor for their designed loads. Cutting the big hole in the side and gutting the interior will leave little structural strength. Ships at this stage are literally…