It has a beak. If it has a beak it should probably be named after a bird?

Likely it's mandated by law if there's even a little lotus elise size peephole that you need a periscope for looking back into. Also, why do you care, its not like you're going to be checking what's behind you in one of these things.

That does apply to most pens, i'll agree.  I'm partial to fountain pens because i'm classy like that, and those you can just re-prime and refill, which will fix virtually all of your problems other than a bent nib or something, and only children bend the nib.  I also don't like pressing down much at all when I write,…

Pressure washer anybody? Overkill is a good thing, and if all else fails, there's always a fire hose.

While I'm all for carrying a great pen, have you ever needed to write upside down or underwater?

I was thinking about how much rocket power it would take to get that high before. Payload of just hello kitty (quick guess at same mass as a 12 oz can of soda is about 350 grams). Altitude 28,537 meters. Quickly loading up Rocksim, and putting that payload in an Ultimate Wildman with an N4800 gets to just a tad…

Agreed that ships are launched, apps are launched, careers are launched, websites are launched, etc. Balloons are released. A launch implies imparting or releasing energy upon something to move it in an intended direction. Hot air balloons are launched, because they forcibly use heaters to impart energy to the air…

Agreed.

Well done getting this high, and pulling someone from the io9 side of gawkerville.

I was responding to an activated fire alarm, on my way from home to the firehouse. I was driving a 2008 Jetta, and tried to take a 30 mph turn at about 45-50. I forgot how much I needed to break after the straight, and had quite a bit of understeer. I hit a stop sign on the other side of the road, (therefore hit…

I was searching on google images for a "green 2002 saleen s7" and liked this one the most. I was looking for a green one because I like green cars, and I searched for 2002 rather arbitrarily because I wanted one that was not the twin turbo model. The source of this picture is…

I was at a "rich guys showing off a shitton of cars" carshow at the Ritz Carlton in Orlando a few years back, and one guy that invented half of the shit you sleep on, owns like 50 cars. He started up a few of them, and the Veyron was the best sounding for a little while, surpassed by his Aston Martin DB9R, but then…

I agree, those are pretty badass. what's really cool is that since they are designed for fighting aircraft fires, they can drive up, punch the hole and put out the fire without the firefighters getting out and getting into too much harm's way.

its silly, according to the information there, it only puts out 240 gallons/minute. A 2.5 inch hose from any basic firetruck built after 1970 is capable of that.

The yellow trucks obviously have not ripened yet into their proper red color.

I second joining a CERT.

VOTE: VistaPrint

a shame...

quite the good one

well, there's no such thing as a free lunch. and while you do not pay money to access jalopnik besides basic internet connection fees if you are not connecting to a public wifi, if you aren't paying money for something, you are probably the product. therefore, you are paying with your attention to advertisements.