Steve Wilhite didn't create a word, he created an acronym. That acronym has morphed into a word through common usage. Steve Wilhite has absolutely no say in how that acronym => word process works or in the accepted pronunciation of that word.

4.) Cruise control

I love the assumption of immense speed implied by the almost complete lack of rearward visibility.

Hi. I'm Michael Bay. I'm here to ruin all of your childhood memories.

This sort of old-line-auto institutional arrogance must have Elon Musk licking his chops.

I think I'd rather see us develop the infrastructure to export significant quantities of our (oversupply) of natural gas to Europe. Granted that's not a short term solution, but just the threat of losing the European natural gas market might give the Russians pause. Or not - they don't seem to be entirely rational on…

My point is that the fact that you made a lot of locals (ethnic Russians, in this case) happy is not a justification for invading a sovereign country, and that it's exactly the same justification Hitler used in justifying the aggressive actions against his neighbors that eventually precipitated the Second World War.

I'm a chief enterprise architect, working in the financial sector right now.

Hitler made a lot of locals happy when he invaded the Sudetenland too.

I'm with Richard on this one. I loved Cowboy Bebob, and Samurai Champloo for that matter, but to me Space Dandy feels like a big troll, and a boring, plot-less one at that. It's like watching the implosion of a once-talented artist who is under tremendous pressure to continue producing ground-breaking work, but who…

$153K is substantially less than I make, as an individual contributor in the software industry, and pales in comparison to the salaries of typical corporate executives, so, I have to ask: what is your point? If you're implying that these salaries are excessive, I think you've missed the mark.

And THAT's why automotive product planners don't take advice from car guys...

The issue is not about China intimidating America, which, let's face it, isn't going to happen any time soon. The issue is about China intimidating our allies in the region (e.g. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.) and, in doing so, starting a regional arms race that is likely to be highly destabilizing. Our military…

A big problem with the GT-R is the stock exhaust. Unlike some manufacturers, Nissan simply doesn't seem to care much about how the car sounds. It's easily fixed in the aftermarket though. A GT-R with an aftermarket mid-pipe sounds MUCH better.

Well (Austin local here) my tickets - the fancy commemorative ones - showed up last week, together with a parking pass. I guess I should count myself lucky. I hope everyone's issues get resolved ASAP.

I'll put in a shout for the carbon Sparco I splurged on recently.

The ABS tuning is also unlike anything I've ever driven. Trail braking in a car tends to induce understeer. To my acutely tuned hands and ass, it felt like the ABS was actually assisting on turn in, making it get to the apex faster. It's a revelation. I've always been a bit of a trail-braker and needed to compensate…

As gorgeous as the outside is, the part that impresses me most is the interior, particularly because, seats aside, it looks like something that could actually be built in a (high-end) production car. Cadillac really needs to put an interior design like this into production - it would make even Audi interiors look…

Also, while it relates to probability rather than statistics per-se, don't forget the good old Monty Hall Problem.

Just spotted this video. Interesting. I knew the GT-R motors were all hand-built, but I didn't realize that only 4 guys were involved: