Tons of sous vide info, ranging from food safety to recipes to DIY setups can be found is a reasonably well-organized fashion here: [forums.egullet.org]

Snopes (that ivory tower of medical knowledge) says not to be worried: [www.snopes.com]

The bags are made of polyethylene and nylon, both of which are harmless (they are used in surgical implants). Unless you reach temperatures where the material breaks down (typically 300F+), there's nothing to worry about.

Journalists don't get a blanket exception to copyright laws. Also, the first amendment says that that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of the press." It says nothing about private actions. Either it's a problem with the execution of the DMCA, i.e., making a false copyright claim, or it's an issue…

Your numbers imply that you're using synthetic oil. Conventional oils (the stuff that's $3-$4/qt) generally have a lifetime of 3-7k miles. Synthetic oils (e.g., Mobil 1, about $7+/qt) have a service life of 10-15k miles. IMO, if you DIY, it's probably worth using synthetic since the price-per-mile is about the same…

You really do not want to use the little scissor jack that comes with your car. Spend $50 and buy a proper floor jack and jack stands. Doing repairs using a scissor jack is like driving on the little spare "donut" tire.

If I were not before the bar / something else I'd like to be!

Minor, technical thing, but isn't this more of a fair-use issue (given that it's a DMCA claim) than a First Amendment issue?

Olive oil comes from many different places, and it can be processed in many different ways. But if it starts with olives, it's still "legit" olive oil.

If you're using them for driving (and heck, even if you aren't), pick up the Wayfarers with the polarized lenses.

And I don't know enough about Plan B to know whether it's safe for the ill-informed

"Research has shown that advance provision of and ease of access to [emergency contraception] does not affect adolescents' sexual behavior or increase their risk for STIs."

I think it's reasonable to want parental involvement. But requiring parental consent for Plan B doesn't follow logically. It's one thing to require parental consent for risky medical procedures and even irreversible bodily alterations like tattoos. But buying and/or using Plan B doesn't carry that same risk. It…

Age of consent in 41 states (incl DC) is 16 or 17. Unless parents are going to also be asked to give consent for sex, it's unreasonable for them to be asked to give consent for contraception.

I find it a little ironic to say that kids aren't responsible enough to take Plan B when the alternative may be to raise a child. I'd rather teens take their chances with a pill than with a child.

Can't we do both? Encourage kids not to engage in risky behaviors like sex, but also supply a safety net?

Using "anymore" in the positive makes my head hurt, even if it is an accepted usage in some areas.

This is good. A couple minor things:

I would at least want the option. Good compression algorithms seem to be able to get BDs down to about 15GB/movie or so with little detectable loss in quality, which would mean you could download 10 movies/month with room to spare under Comcast's 250GB/mo cap. I suspect that would be enough for almost everyone. I…

"Until we all have ultrafast 100Mbps home internet connections, that's the way it's going to remain."