Solar thermal plants are a good idea. First, for the ideas you mentioned (storing thermal energy to run the turbine during periods of less light), and because they are less at risk to technological obsolescence. See, solar panels are advancing and becoming more efficient each year. If you build a photovoltaic solar…

I went to IUP! The first Sheetz I experienced was the one right across from the Delts frat house. When I first moved there, I used to hate Sheetz because they were all over and I thought they were a monopoly. (I'm from Northeast PA where they didn't have Sheetz or WaWa yet) Plus, they only sold 92 octante gas…

I couldn't agree more. I'm a Ford guy, but I'm SO glad that other manufacturers are coming out with super fast cars of their own. Competition is great.

What pisses me off is that these phones rely on an additional networking service just for them to be able to work. And when that goes down, the phones instantly become bricks.

Oh California. The problem is that making it illegal doesn't actually stop it from happening. It just creates black markets for it.

Frank Gay Plumbing in Orlando FL takes the cake.

I like the idea of midsize pickups... it's a niche that is very useful and needed. But the automakers have gone and screwed that segment up so bad it's not even funny. See, the problem is that automakers think that everyone wants it to do everything, and they try making it do everything, like be a car, and do car…

It won't last for long. Ford will put a smaller pulley on the supercharger of the GT500 and all the sudden next year, Ford will have a 581 HP convertible. Then GM will put a smaller pulley on the supercharger of the ZL1 convertible and there'll be a 582 HP convertible, and on and on and on.

I've never been so happy to see a Sheetz logo in all my life. I'm from western Pennsylvania but I live in Florida now. There's nothing like Sheetz down here at all. No one down here understands how great it is to be able to order an MTO at 3 in the morning, whatever you want.

Well one thing's for sure. The thing's got Air Conditioning. You can tell because the A/C compressor circa 1966 is almost as big as the engine itself. That was a huge luxury to have back in the 60's and pretty rare in most vehicles, especially in an International. Then again, it was for John Wayne. Spared no…

That's pretty crazy. I had no idea that existed. It's like an ocean on another planet.

Slick. I'll bite. I'll have a little more respect for someone that has an "s" sticker on their iPhone 4 to make it look like an iPhone 4s. Only if it's someone that doesn't drive a Taurus with Cobra badges. That's double douchebaggery.

Her car was badass. Clunker was used as a relative term in comparison to a new rich kid's car.

When I was growing up, I always thought it was the late model Camaro with T-tops. Sure, it wasn't the most expensive car, but every high school had some "popular douche" driving one filled with stupid girls.

You make a good point about appealing to the "niche". But I slightly disagree that the "niche" will always be separate. Most niches will always be separate, but back in the early 2000's, when the iPod first came out, people that listened to MP3's were a "niche" group. People that were savvy enough to want to listen…

I'm surprised they didn't upgrade the WiFi. The iPhone 4 supported 802.11n, but 2.4Ghz only. I'm surprised they didn't introduce 5Ghz functionality. Maybe that drains the battery too much.

Maybe later on down the road. I might wait until June to see if they come out with an iPhone 5 then.

aaah, the ol' Nazi "I was just doing my job" syndrome. Good point.

Cool idea. It's illegal to use in a vehicle in California though. At least if you put it on your windshield. I remember the last time I visited my friend, he had this goofy "bean bag" looking mount for his Garmin GPS. First time I'd ever seen such a thing. It positioned the actual GPS in the exact same spot as if…

I'm British and I'll call it whatever I want. My 3/8" socket wrench doesn't care. But you on the other hand...Sounds like you've got a lot of pent up animosity towards Americans that goes way beyond my comment. I'll tell you what. Wherever you live, you can call "metric" "standard" and call "standard" "imperial".…