Dividends are not the sole measure of a company's worth but dividends are important to many investors....especially retired shareholders who live off 'investment' income. I own shares in companies which don't pay dividends but for the most part I invest in companies with a consistent history of increasing dividends…

The weapon may not have been able to fire live ammunition but if other people thought the weapon was real (which it was) and firing live ammunition, chances are there are federal, state and municipal firearms violations that can be imposed. Irrespective, if the authorities want to charge him with an offense they have…

Releasing the details of the vulnerability to the public without first giving Microsoft amble time to remedy the vulnerability is IMO a serious breach of protocol. However self-serving it may be for google and/or the employee there's no justifiable excuse....the release was just wrong!

Last Christmas season I suggested to my youngest son to replace his smartphone. The screen was badly cracked and he constantly complained it didn't work well. Much to my surprise he wanted a new ipod instead of a new smartphone. It didn't make sense to me when he could have had a new, fully functional smartphone…

As mentioned, many cars loaded into an enclosed trailer are winched into the trailer. For those driving a car (with 'normal' windows) into a tight, enclosed trailer the driver climbs out the window. Some enclosed trailer have a 'concession stand' door on the side of the trailer which opens....allowing the driver's…

As an avid, amateur road racer I believe to drive any car well at-speed takes practice, practice, practice. There's no substitute for seat time. IMO the nannies are a great learning tool but they aren't a fail safe. It depends how aggressive the intervention is but generally, with experience you learn that using…

A cool toy as it is but up the destructive power and it'll be ultra-cool. I suggest they replace the noisy ball bearings (or whatever they're using) with a quieter rotating assembly. There's too much of a grinding/abrasive sound for such a high tech gizmo. Good stuff though!

IMO it's unacceptable to use a cellphone in a checkout queue even if you're just waiting in-line. No one wants to hear your conversation and chances are it's not an essential, time sensitive call. It's especially rude to carry-on a cell phone conversation when you're actually having your items checked-out and you're…

It's almost impossible to list all the essential tools of frontier life but you provided a good list. The firearms pictured came a bit later but the point is made...having a such tools provided protection and put food on the table. It's not quite a man-made device but another 'tool' I would have mentioned would have…

I hardly find Google search "indispensable," in fact, I rarely use it. Bing is my preferred search provider and it works very well for my purposes. Even with Bing one has to drill-down a bit to get to the 'pure' search results but I hardly find it an obstacle. Google "self-serving".....gee do you think?

I fault both F1 and Pirelli....the degradation by design tires is a stupid idea. Even if they want races to be decided by 'tire strategy' having 4 left rear tires blowout on 4 different cars is a potentially deadly situation. Obviously something is seriously flawed with those tires. Frankly, not that Bernie and…

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Nice image! The Chinese....our trusted economic and political allies. I can guess where much of their space station technology came from.

Good stuff! Evidently, those Hobbits were on to something. I used to know a family with a mostly underground, rammed-earth construction home. In a southwestern desert climate the home required little heating or cooling. It was remarkably energy efficient with an undeniable 'cool' factor.

Wow...Hooters (and not 'oranges') for Florida. Best Western for Arizona? Being a tech website I would have thought Go-Daddy would have been the choice for Arizona. No criticism though. Good job!

Yi! Better on the tarmac than at full rotation. That could have been a total disaster. The flight crew and passengers should count their blessings (and buy lottery tickets).

Good stuff!

Granted, the Corvette has a different feel than a P-car, a Mazda or whatever but you might be surprised with its all-around capabilities. I've raced a 2005 C6 for many years. What started as an essentially stock C6 evolved into a highly modified dedicated track car. The C6 was no slouch out of the box but to be…

I respect your opinion and you're not entirely wrong about the Corvette demographic. That said know that not all middle-aged Corvette owners are bald nor are their cars garage queens. I'm a middle-age owner of a highly modified 2005 C6. I'm an avid road racer and my car evolved into a dedicated track car years ago. …

Don't think they can't or don't tie-into existing video surveillance systems inside buildings. The reach and 'eye' of the government exceeds far, far beyond anything they'll admit to and it's getting worse under the statist obama regime.