They used to make the stuff about 20 miles away. The houses were blue. Peoples' clothes were blue. The road signs were blue. Even the grass had a bluish tinge. Everything was blue in that village.

I think we're missing something here. For me, Lifehacker at its core is about a call to action. Information has its place, no doubt about it, but I'd say 90% of the articles we write have some sort of "here's what you can do" angle to it. If we can figure out how to include that in these news events, that would be…

If you honestly believe that the complex global economies and long-running social and political forces that led to Detroit's current state can be blamed entirely on the political party you happen to dislike, I'm honestly surprised you were able to navigate Kinja.

Funny how you fail to mention the Bush regime left the U.S. $11.657 trillion in debt doubling what the debt was under Clinton who only added $1.396 trillion to the debt left by Bush Sr. Bush Sr. increased the debt left by Reagan by 54%, and Reagan increased the debt left by Carter by 186%. For all the fiscal…

Detroit's Under-Funded Fire Departments Use a Pop Can For a Fire Alarm

Did you not read that they do it because they're broke? That's kind of the ENTIRE purpose of this story....

Well you've got the correct level of outrage now if you could just find a better spot for it.

It varies a lot by jurisdiction, I expect. Here in England they'll give you market value, or at least fairly close, but that doesn't stop them doing things to bring down the market value before they announce the compulsory purchase order.

I don't know about the mobile site, but just did a page analysis on this page, and there is not only a lot of javascript, a good chunk of it is on external (to gizmodo) servers. And not only that, there are quite a few of these external scripts too. 22 of them, for a total of 2.3Mb inf fact.

SQLGuru beat me to the mechanics, but this is already quite possible today. It isn't even difficult using a 3rd party open source CSS framework.

Well, you pretty much CAN ignore IE, because most IE users are on a desktop browser. The IMG tag is still there, from what I understand. It's just wrapped in PICTURE. IE will simply ignore the wrap, so it won't break.

I think the point is that there are no longer "mobile optimized sites" (assuming the m.somesite.com approach) and now you have a single site that is responsive to the device (typically through media-queries) to size and place and change visibility of elements based on predefined screen resolutions.

Teeny Tiny phone screen? The problem with most phones is that they don't have teeny tiny low res screens, they have 50" screens with 4k resolution. It's ridiculous.

As for a "picture" tag, we already have one, it's called <img> and has been in use for decades.

There's a flavored vodka I've had before called Loopy by Three Olives. It tastes like Fruit Loops. If that doesn't get banned then nothing should be banned for 'appealing to minors'. As long as no one advertises or sells nicotine products to minors, nothing should be banned for those reasons.

I'm a non-smoker (not a vaper either) and I'm wondering how big the checks were from the tobacco companies to make the WHO take this position.

Sounds like the problem is with your relatives, not the e-cigarettes. The majority of my extended family smoked (regular, old fashioned, cigarettes) and not one of them even assumed that smoking was okay in my mother's house. They would always go outside, no questions asked. At work we have designated smoking areas…

Then maybe you need to Man Up and stop going to visit those relatives. Quit being a pussy and stand up for your principles, you spineless moron. Quit trying to get the government to be your enforcer. Bitch.

It's also important to remember that not everyone who is using e-cigs is actually using nicotine. A lot of people who have kicked smoking have turned to these as an alternative that gives the same ability to fidget with something without nasty ingredients. Some of us non-smokers actually like them for the taste. And…

It's all about money and control. The e-Cig movement threatens both.

So should we start banning fruity flavored alcohol because it's taste could appeal to minors?! That is the most idiotic reason to ban something...