@hcho321: kill the battery life and burn your hands.

@hcho321: oh hey look it's $499 [www.apple.com]

@jinchoung: ouch, somehow those look painful. It's probably that I've just never used them... I've always had cloth velcro straps. Easy to adjust to any length, and pretty reflective.

@DON_BOT: Yes. For a moment I thought I was the only one here who knew about them.

@paul.bautista08: So's your mom but I ride her around town.

I choose you, Nokiachu!

@Marvin Barnes' Time Machine: uh... People building electric vehicles are talking about putting solar panels on the roof of cars: The new Prius will have panels on the roof.

@twilight-arc: Oh no! the government is going to know where I work!

@hastyp: "They" already have. it's just not widely available yet. [www.betterplace.com]

@Celtic1888: And while we're at it why don't we discuss the WTO or some other pet issue of mine. How about gun control! or Abortion!

@minimaltek: no, no. I totally agree with you. I've been looking around at things I can get rid of recently. The Cult of Less thing seems to have really struck a chord with people.

@jmeltzer: True for me.

@styfle: if it still works why replace it?

@Tallanvor: It sounds like you're complaining, even though you get 2x what most Americans get. :p

@Keter: 70 hours/week and below the poverty line? I hate to ask... but what do you do?

man, that picture makes me want to go back to Vancouver. Thanks a lot lifehacker, now I have to buy plane tickets!

@bobdobbs: I'm guessing here, but I bet a fair amount of the grant money for these guys came right from the government.

@gunbu: what? the moon is gray. [upload.wikimedia.org]

@preszaphod_b: YOU'RE listening to SKEPTOID with BRIAN DUNNING!

@Skeptical_Geezer: why 45? just lean it almost all the way over.