I like the idea of reciprocity in laws. If you require the people give up some right, that's fine, but the persons that the law benefits should lose some protections in return.

Wouldn't sticking a hood scoop on a Camaro actually use more gas, since it'd increase the wind resistance? I suppose if it were a real one, you could claim that the forced aspiration makes up for it, but I assumed you were talking about the "ricer" fake ones.

Wallet in a back pocket, phone-convergence-device-thing in one pocket, keys in another. If you put two devices in the convergence pocket, it bulges. Put one with the keys and the keys scratch it up. Put it in a back pocket and you snap it on accident when you get in the car.

FTA: "For example, there was no increase in premiums when contraception was added to the Federal Employees Health Benefit System and required of non-religious employers in Hawaii. One study found that covering contraception lowered premiums by 10 percent or more."

My first thought was, "Why is there a star magnet at all? Also, that's not where the multipliers go..."

Off-topic somewhat, but you might be interested in Denyhosts [denyhosts.sourceforge.net] . It takes a bit more *nix-familiarity than is usually expected in Gizmodo and Lifehacker how-to articles, but it's not really hard to set up.

They should have checked that, yes, but for some reason I suspect that you're a very small minority; I imagine that despite all the "don't use one password for everything" warnings, people still use one password for every site, and it's probably something like "password", "money", "god", and the like.

They were actually just receiving a broadcast from a pirate ship that retransmits based on implied oral permission rather than express written permission.

Hmm... What sort of bait do you use with a Master Ball?

[bit.ly] (points to consumerist)

Out of curiosity, and having NOTHING to do with your loss whatsoever... um, what's the closest pawn shop to your work?

I have the offline app for my ipod.

Well, most of us end up getting Cool Whip, which is basically artificial non-dairy whipped cream and the progenitor of the whole "whipped topping" thing. Of course, "non-dairy" seems to be a misnomer, since it apparently contains milk derivatives.

I think that's how the book Eon started. It's been a few years, though...

You're right on the nose in both cases :)

Once in a while, you just have to give in to your urges, you know...

I like my peaches-and-cream ones...

Seems it'd be easier to mine if broken into little chunks and scattered onto the surface of the Moon, don'cha think?

Lose $600 phone, thieves have access to your prepaid card to make $25 transactions, they spend all day eating chicken mcnuggets...

I just discovered an entirely new meaning for the phrase "sausage fest" now.