"...and we will say "hello" to someone completely different than ourselves": yeah - just consult Gary Larson to see what is going to happen.

Unrelated, but similarly riveting.

I did consider this for a while (when searching for my 'perfect coffee rig'), and particularly found the thermos-feature nice - but what I didn't like in the end was that it contained plastic parts. So the porcelain filter cone (the one hole type) got the job.

After all has been said and written and analyzed - that it's nice, good, fast, the future:

I always find it refreshing if somebody 'visible' in the tech/science/politics world speaks her/his mind in a direct, politically incorrect way. Should happen more often.

Still incorrect. It's "Hold my beer, gimme some duct tape, and watch this!"

Relatively simple: it's one line, stretching for about 8 miles.

Rampless highway entry. It's a feature.

You sell it, and invest in herbs...

hehe - nice swing!

This! Technology as the much heralded savior of education - what an asshattery!

But what if I misplace the iPhone, because, look, there's a squirrel!

Great - that complements my left-handed coffee mug.

Special senior executive vice-presidential deputy assistant supervisor?

Great! Now, please, do the same based on Glenn Gould playing. This is, in my opinion, of of those rare instances where everything is being said and done, and any recording following this is not necessary any more. Check it out:

'Climate change': the new euphemism for "it's getting frickin' warmer, because, amongst other factors, we find it just terribly inconvenient to reduce our carbon footprint".

Lest we forget that in several of the buildings shown here scores of people were humiliated, tortured, killed. That's the context.

Just to up KungFu_Toe: You're all getting it wrong. If you want to feel halfway comfortable in sweltering heat, you need to drink a hot beverage - why do you think they sip mint tea in the Middle East and Arab countries?

Gentle hum? I'll give you some gentle hum: [gizmodo.com]

Mirror or disco ball or whatever - you should briefly look over your shoulder prior to making a lane change! Problem solved. Grinds my gears when people don't do that, or, arrrghh, when they rely on a fancy rear view camera when backing up, without checking 'directly'.