You lost me right off the bat when you said a $36k subcompact was relatively cheap. There are a dozen others priced below it, and its price point puts it up with with the Clarity.  And that price becomes even worse in April when the tax rebate gets cut in half.  Its effective price will be more than 5 grand higher…

I’m impressed he was able to find enough road to get up to that speed.

You mean the “new build” ones being sold in Texas? Because the later ones from the original run were still 85.

What gave us our current system was when the airlines realized that by shaving a few inches from the seats in the manufacturer’s display model, they could fit an extra 3-4 rows, which adds 4+ paying passengers each. As aircraft have grown, that mindset just keeps paying more and more.

That’s where the “two ticket” clause comes in.

No, that is NOT the end result when you’re talking about Nazi Goddamned Germany.

You know what else both governments had in common? Almost everything.

I deal with military contracting from the DOD side. Basically, it works out to be MUCH cheaper than hiring a regular company. Especially as you get into the late summer months, and the federal gov’t fiscal year is winding down. Any funding you received that isn’t spent is sent back, and there’s a widespread belief…

It’s not a game yet...at least, it’s nothing like the game that was promised. Congrats, now instead of just looking at your spaceship, you can race it for nothing. Is that what people donated hundreds or thousands of dollars for?
And what’s more, the market is catching up to its promises. What in god’s name makes it a…

We’re approaching four years and $120,000,000. At what point are updates and non-functional bits not good enough?
Pretend this happened in ANYTHING else. You bought a car on craigslist unseen. Four years later, you’ve got a folder full of blurry jpgs of vehicles that gradually seem to change shape and color, and all…