"Burn-in" refers to permanent, irreversible damage. The instructions, gray bars (vs black), pixel rotation, etc are all there primarily to prevent "transient image persistence," where the pixel gets charged and doesn't uncharge fast enough. This is reversible on the order of minutes (to hours, at most), though it…

I thought the origin of the "plasma is better for dark rooms" thing was that the first few generations of plasma were dimmer than their LCD counterparts when on torch mode. Eh, whatever.

Panasonic and LG both sell IPS panels for low prices, at least in the smaller sizes (under 42"). But some reviews say the Panasonic panels have lousy vertical viewing angles (LG sells both IPS and VA panels under the same model name, so it's hard to know which was reviewed). And all IPS panels have inferior black…

It looks like the Panasonic LCDs and some of the LG LCDs have sub-16ms lag.

Yeah, figured that out as I was editing my comment. I've stood next to those TV walls, and yes, they are warm! Our 50" plasma is definitely warm when you stand near the thing, but we're never really that close to it. We've got a single 300W halogen bulb over our kitchen table that is just as effective at heating…

Tongue-in-cheek?

You omitted an essential factor for gamers: input lag. Input lag is the delay between when the TV receives the signal from your game console and when the tv displays the image. It can make an otherwise excellent TV useless for gaming. Unfortunately, it's not a "spec" listed on the side of the box.

No. Nathan Myhrvold, of Microsoft, Intellectual Ventures, and $625 cookbook fame, tested it and found that if anything, it helps the meat *retain* moisture. This is because it prevents the muscle from tightening as much when cooked, which would otherwise serve to squeeze juice out of the meat. The process is used…

I doubt anyone has ever gotten sick from C. perfringens that was transmitted from one person to another via the air.

He died on his subsequent flight, after a layover at JFK. Still, it's BS.

"Cortes felt 'discomfort and pain that included sharp stomach cramps and sudden thirst and other clear outward manifestation of severe physical illness.'"

I found the Antisocial subscription to be a little too aggressive for my liking (e.g., it blocked links to facebook in Google search results). I find the Fanboy Annoyances sub to be more in the Goldilocks zone for me. YMMV, of course.

Me too. If you want to block all the social media scripts/share-with buttons, etc, I like Fanboy's Annoyances blocklist for AB+: [www.fanboy.co.nz]

"Even if your pet does have a major surgery, say $4,000 once in its lifetime, you will still be breaking even in a best case scenario. Pet insurance is geared more toward people who don't want to set up a separate fund to cover health costs, or who want the peace of mind that comes from insurance."

The MTA couldn't exactly set up a bidding war if no other company wanted to open a store there, could they?

The fact that no one can come up with anything other that conjectures as to why this rules exists is a pretty good indication that it isn't based on data.

To (briefly) play devil's advocate to all the "don't-wear-headphones-while-cycling" comments...

"Literally Everyone Is Only 4.74 Degrees Away" is false. That's all. Each individual is not 4.74 degrees away; some are more, some are less, and the *average* is 4.74.

The title is wrong. According to the quote, 8% of users are connected by 5 hops or more, not 4.74.

Pfft. It's easy if you use the proper equipment.