...and a 10" lift kit, Goodrich MudDiggers, a big block under the hood, and a gun rack over the rear window. Yes, 'Merica!

Good move! Finally someone acknowledges the science that's out there: No matter whether phone, or hands-free, it just provides another distraction from traffic. And before the obligatory 'what about an emergency?' argument is brought up: think about how many emergency calls are being made from a moving car, vs. 'omg,…

There's more than a dozen studies out now that clearly show that it does make a difference whether you engage in 'natural' talk with a passenger, vs on the phone. Based on these data, there shouldn't be any discussion about that anymore.

You nailed it - in terms of oddities, Austria IS a bit like Florida! Without the palm trees.

Good point. Definitely not built by GM, but rather Honda.

Whoa, whoa, whoa - tie up yer horses. These them here people ain't hommes de lettres. They have a hard time getting their English right...

Well spoken! As long as the US telecom carriers try to force me into a year(s)-long plan, or distinguish between voice and data, I refuse to get a smart phone.

Yep - you haven't seen this:

This is probably a 'Trojan horse' - filled with Japanese vending machines that are going to invade Canada...

This is COTD eligible!

I'm absolutely puzzled by that. I've learned that here in the US it's not ok to be asked for race, or date of birth (or put this on a cv), but employers can ask for a login? Why don't people sue the hell out of them?

You can't possibly know whether it works or not! It's the same problem as the light in your fridge: the only way to reliably know whether it turns off when you close the door, is to sit inside the fridge.

You don't say, mate!

I'm also sure that, based on the amount of discussion generated, Jesus can lean back and go to the Bahamas for the rest of the month...

I renew my call to try and model this. I'm sure there are kinematic/dynamic models out there simulating bird flight. It should be manageable to tweak some parameters, and demonstrate what kind of force would have to be input by a human to make this work.

Why don't we solve this NOT by relying on a video - photos and videos do not necessarily depict reality - but by modeling this mathematically? This would be an elegant way to say that this is theoretically possible, or not (which I think).

You totally haven't got it. It's about the FAKE aspect, nowadays! Never buy/eat anything original, because that's booooring, or inconvenient, or outright dangerous. Why eating food when you can have processed food?

...not to forget: Coolhooipp!

This has been tried for centuries, to no avail (and with many unfortunate endings...). Somehow I don't quite trust it. Yep, it's on video, but color me skeptical.

But have YOU ever been in a lightsaber fight? I'm tellin' you - it ain't fun! All that buzzing and swooshing gets you easily confused. The ozone created by the hot beam makes your throat sore. And when you graze your opponent's hair, it smells of, well, burnt hair. Not to mention Vader's farts that always created…