You could just shut the phone down... no need to do a battery pull. If the normal power down method doesn't work (although I don't see why it wouldn't), you can do "Power+Volume Down+Home" (I know that works on my phone... I'm assuming it's universal, but I don't know)

Assuming you have a removable battery...

This is nothing like my morning routine

This is probably only a good tip if you live alone. Lol.

Disqus does it fine because it indents. Lifehacker does it horribly.

the P stands for "private"

Both of those light placements (behind the monitor and on the floor) would bother the shit out of me.

New York requires a "Safety" inspection and an "Emissions" inspection every year. They're done together so they're pretty much just called "Inspections" (without the qualifiers). You just get 1 "inspection" sticker for your windshield, not separate ones.

Good to know #16characters

I've never seen a Lifehacker reply that didn't have an @someone tag on it... and yours is no different. It says @demarcmj right after your name. Maybe your browser is just displaying it strangely?

Yup, I just looked and NY performs them as part of the regular annual inspection (and it sure as hell doesn't cost $45). So my "just trying to get more money out of you" hypothesis is looking pretty good.

It seems to me that if it was that important, they could just make it part of the required state inspections. Making you go out and get a separate test seems like just a way to get more money out of you.

Just googled my license plate number... all it returned was sites with massive lists of just license plate numbers (with no other information)

I hate them. My work network blocks most of the shortened versions because it doesn't recognize the domain. If a website uses one, and my network blocks it, I usually just move on.

a home in new jersey is... ugh... my stomach...

"there is no PMI, since I clearly said you should put down enough to avoid PMI"

Yea, I thought that sounded a bit wrong.

I'm not talking about the protocol, I'm talking about the program "WinSCP."

The 20% number is pretty much the standard number that every expert, website, etc. will give you (for all of the reasons above).

I wasn't really looking for a solution so much as I was just looking to complain. Yes, I figured maybe there was an outside chance they might do something, but I figured that was maybe 3% chance, tops. I was hoping for some kind of explanation on why they're gouging the consumers so much, but figured that was just as…