Because when the F-18 came into service 20 years ago Gorilla glass wasn't invented. The newest fighters like the F-35 and F-22 actually have a gold tint (actual gold) that hides the massive radar nightmare inside the cockpit. Even some F-16s have been retrofitted to this type of canopy.

I had one of these on my car for 2 years. I never got pulled over by a cop. In the land of truck nuts, these decals are down right classy ;)

I can guarantee the guy driving the R8 will have to make a claim using his own insurance company. I highly doubt the teenager had enough insurance to cover the damages. His insurance will probably end up suing her for the difference and garnishing her wages until she pays it off. Its going to be a very nasty scenario.

I had this revelation when I was sitting behind a porsche 911 turbo in college. My car was only worth maybe $5000 but I was stopped a few feet away from a $120,000 car with its twin turbo charged engine just inches from its rear bumper. There was no way my measly 25K/50K policy would cover even a slow speed collision…

It looked like a baby B-2 to me. I'm guessing its an experimental drone. Based on the landing gear I highly doubt its alien in origin :)

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Try disabling the VZ backup assistant. I made a huge improvement in battery life.

I noticed the battery life was pretty bad yesterday. I checked the apps that were running and the VZ backup assistant was running constantly. I killed it, and it would come right back on. I used the option to disable the app, and today my battery life is much improved.

Is it just me or do these announcements get shorter and shorter. I remember earlier in the year it was 27 cities, 25 cities, etc. Now its 8, and the last one wasn't much longer. It looks like they are losing momentum.

At first I had the same issue, but 2 years of ownership, I have less typos on the onscreen keyboard than on my droid's physical keyboard. I'm sure the droid 4's keyboard will be infinitely better than the OG droid's, but I've adapted to touchscreens.

If I was a turbine that's how I would want to go out, in a flaming whirling ball of glory!!!

As small as this thing is you could paint it bright pink and it wouldn't be visible to the naked eye at 36,000 feet.

I looked it up CVS stores and 1 BP in my hometown. Essentially nowhere I shop.

Amen, on its current trajectory the USA will be bankrupt in 20 years. Until the total collapse of our economy is likely to happen in a politician's political lifetime (I'd guess 10 years) they won't be willing to do anything that might risk re-election.

That was my first thought. I just got an updated Verizon privacy statement explaining all the ways they will be making use of information they collected about me. They made it very easy to opt out of everything on their website, but I'm sure they are getting plenty of information one way or another.

Somehow I doubt we would allow the repossession of life saving implants, the banks would probably just put a lean on everything you own, and make it impossible for you to enjoy that second life.

Even if rejuvenation is a ridiculously expensive process I can guarantee that banks will offer "lifetime" loans to pay back the cost of your rejuvenation. Say you get another 100 years, I can see a bank offering a 100 year mortgage on your next life. Everyone in the middle class will sell their lives to banks in a…

I wish Verizon would just let customers know whats going on. I've been eligible to upgrade my droid 1 since June. I don't mind waiting a few more weeks for the Nexus. I just want to have some idea what to expect.

It amazes me just how successful this company was at scamming people. I see highly successful and intelligent people wearing these things all the time.

This thing was basically designed to stop a N. Korean Nuclear Attack on S. Korea, Japan, and Guam. It can loiter indefinitely in S. Korean airspace and destroy the missiles while they are still over N. Korea.