I think it is going to be hard to convince someone to put a data center next to a facility extremely likely to catch fire and explode. Distance from hazardous materials locations is probably in the top ten considerations when deciding where to build a new data center.

I spent three weeks in Sao Paulo for work back in 1998 and even in the nice areas hearing gunshots was way more common than it is in a gun-torn US city like Chicago. From what I understand the wealth distribution hasn't gotten any better.

It was pricey but I love my Panasonic ES-LA93-K. Good shave even after three days without, the multiple blades mean I usually shave with a single pass. Basically no irritation for me. Battery life is awesome, after a 15 day trip without plugging it in I was still at 70% charge. The only real problem is that the…

It was pricey but I love my Panasonic ES-LA93-K. Good shave even after three days without, the multiple blades mean…

It is theoretically a better TV than the current XBR950 with a more expensive (and completely useless) speaker system and you expect it to retail for $3k less?

$26,685 for the bottom of the line one with no options. You can buy a couple of awfully nice quads for that along with a used truck and trailer to haul them to the woods.

Dragon Dictate does it nearly perfectly and has been able to do it pretty darn well since the early 90s. Their demos used to use a Boston, Chicago, Texas, and Tennessee native back to back to back and handles them all. I've never really understood why the car systems are SO bad at it when the software to do it well…

Nobody has mentioned that strippers all drive a Mitsubishi Eclipse yet? The ones at the nicer clubs drive the convertible version.

I was under the impression that the 3 and 4 cylinder eco-boost had the exhaust manifold combined with the head but the 6 cylinder ones still used traditional cast manifolds.

Is the ecoboost engine actually lighter or is that 25 pounds the other direction? Cast manifolds and turbos aren't a small amount of weight hanging off each side of the engine.

Must have been fast moving with that few cars burnt. Normally in any fire or flood the scum of the earth have enough time to prepare and the streets would be parked both sides nose to tail with insurance fraud vehicles.

I've done the Gauley about a dozen times and the bashing on the guides from most companies is 110% deserved. Obviously some companies are great but the majority of the dozens of companies that do the Gauley are completely and utterly unsafe and incompetent. Many of the "guides" have run that river fewer times than I…

2000 Toyota Celica GT-S. Let's see if I can even remember all the warranty issues it had.

Better news resources for this story, like the local StarTribune newspaper who wrote a nice article about it before it got cribbed and picked up by other news organizations, have the details. Bud, Bud Light $0.38 an ounce. Shock Top Lemon Shandy, Goose Island 312 Urban Pale Ale $0.40 an ounce. If I'm at a baseball…

What, no pictures of the headsock?

Salamander Designs. Fully customizable with a bit of a industrial feel. Made with actual wood not laminated fiber board but about the same price point as a lot of products that are pressed sawdust. My Archetype system holds my amps and components without any concerns about the weight of the gear at all.

Salamander Designs. Fully customizable with a bit of a industrial feel. Made with actual wood not laminated fiber…

I'm reminded of the Panasonic LX5 vs. Leica D-Lux 5. When I bought the Panasonic for underwater photography I was left mighty confused why anyone would buy the Leica which had a less useful grip and cost three times as much but was actually the exact same camera underneath. This seems like another case of paying for…

What! No crew cab dually 4x4 Cummins 3500s? I thought there was some sort of rule that all rural drag strips had to have at least three of them. Last time I went to Dragway 42 (Motto—choose the left lane or be prepared to dodge the potholes at the 1000' mark) the localish rural drag strip around here I got lined up…

I thought that how Sony ultimately lost was a well known tidbit. Porn went onto VHS because they didn't want to pay Sony royalties, end of story for Betamax.

From The Register, who has done a MASSIVELY better job of covering what actually happened than any other news source:When asked by "Eugene" where he lived Epsom apparently found the below conversation to be human. I conclude that Epsom is a flipping moron.[16:14:22] Judge: Epsom, home of the derby. yourself?

Monks Café, Jose Pistolas, Prohibition Taproom. Lots of good beer joints in Philly and most of them have good food too. Unfortunately they are in Philly and all seem to be infected with the worst case of hipster you've ever seen.