Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I was always under the impression that, while the show was shot on film (using very good cine-quality Panavision cameras at that), they bounced it to tape and THEN rendered all the digital effects, green screens, phasers, space battles, etc at 480p which was the highest standard at the…

If you're going to the trouble to grind out the screw, might as well just grind down the nub in the center and then use a standard star or torx bit.

Sorry, I realized that it was unclear after I posted it.

Right but that's a function of the IRS trying to keep servers from under-reporting their tips so they don't have to pay as much tax.

I'd like to think that, because it would help to rationalize the custom of tipping as a percentage. Sadly, it's simply not true.

When every time I go to the shop to get my hair cut, the price goes up by a dollar, I really can't feel obliged to tip a percentage based on that. I'll pay a set dollar amount, which fluctuates based on the quality of the hair cut I receive, but is not tied to the price of the cut.

"Developers like to make money, and in a world with so much great freeware..."

It's undoubtedly fucked up that this kid did what he did.

The kid is just that... a kid. Whether he's "shrugging off the mantle of teenagerdom in exchange for that of a businessman" or not, he's still just a kid.

Know why I flipped that truck driver off?

I've been using DailyBurn.com since February. It's an attractive site, with a decent iPhone app. Lets you track your exercise, food and body stats, and compare graphs and charts... even has paid access to trainers and nutritionists. You can collate exercises into custom workouts or use theirs.

I can't help but think that the people with the capability to exceed the speed of sound by a factor of 2 already know that their consumer-grade GPS will not work inside.

Is there a way to get LaunchPad to persist through to the Apps folder? What I mean is: When I make a new folder or re-order my apps in LaunchPad, is there a way to make the same thing happen in the Apps Folder too? Are there any controls or preferences for LaunchPad at all?

Re-install it from here: [macthemes.net] It worked for me.

IIRC, unless you're in Super Pursuit Mode, the spoiler on the Veyron stays up all the time.

For instance:

I enjoy these cars for all of these reasons, except you simply can NOT find one that hasn't been ragged to shit anymore. That's a shame.

I think what that quote means is that it takes a whole lot, like the storms in Sweden or the vehicles breaking down, to make them stay an extra day on filming. But they have to do that when it does happen, because they have to bring good footage back to the BBC to make a show with.

...a magical comfort cloud of hate and bigotry and racism and sexism and homophobia.

a) Cafes are not ersatz offices. They aren't set up that way, and they are ill-suited to actually getting work done. You are not Burroughs, Thompson, Leary, Steinbeck, etc. Pretending to actually work in a coffee house is like setting up shop in someone else's kitchen. It's inappropriate.