If you caught the rocket with a net, even if it was from a very small height, so much of it would be destroyed by its own weight. Imagine catching a relatively delicate and thin walled building on its side. Would you expect it to not snap in two? And I’m sure I’m missing plenty of other reasons why a net would not…

I worked at a kart track as well. I saw people on a regular basis crash into the wall at 35 mph because they just kept the throttle pinned and cut the wheel at the last second of a corner, resulting in no change in their direction. The difference between karts and cars is not the cause for the complete failures I’ve…

They are worth that because some people will pay that. It's the same as when I see a jacket I really like that's $5000. It might be only slightly nicer than a $500 one, but there are enough people who would buy it at that price, so that's it.

Sounds like a perfect place to dump a body you don’t want found!

It’s sales weighted because it’s an attempt at pragmatic legislation, not idealistic legislation. That is, if we want to use less fuel/have less emissions, you need to control the fuel economy of our national fleet, not the fuel economy of all of the cars available for sale.

Yes, you are doing better for the environment. Our electrical grid (including its coal sources) is much much more efficient than an ICE.

Unless you’re speaking from experience, I highly doubt it. The +2 is really really a stretch. Now, I have actually used it quite a few times, on unplanned occasions, such as offering a ride to a friend instead of them taking the bus. But we’re all quite contorted to accomplish that.

“ ...keyless entry, and pulling navigation from the tech package to make it a standard feature, which it should’ve done two years ago.”

"Vestigial back seat." Ha! That's golden.

I'm a big fan of F1's qualifying format. Most drivers get clean laps, you get changes in qualifying position often, drivers going back and forth, there's almost never multi-car accidents, and it's all done with in a hour. Any convincing reason why NASCAR can't do this? (Apart from the much shorter laps... which might…

Well, I can see hating on towing companies. But I'd imagine the driver is just some poor schmuck who's getting the ire of everyone for low pay.

They already have a much better system in many train stations, with doors that open once the train stops. Picture below lifted from another commenter:

Well, you'd think people would slow down when they see the cruiser, but then, she was driving a few minutes ago too..

in truth, we never really gave up on the philosopher's stone.

If you're interested in a good short story on a similar subject, you should give "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov a read: http://www.multivax.com/last_question.…

It certainly wasn't three minutes, we may have seen a different film, although this was a few years ago and my recollection may be clouded by the fact that by the time the film was done, they were just washing up for the day.

I've never been a big fan of ben & jerry's. The ice cream is pretty good, but so expensive. When I was passing through the area with a group of friends, we decided to stop at the factory for a tour. We specifically asked if they were currently in production, to which they replied affirmatively (it turns out they…

I hide people from my facebook newfeed when I start to see that every one of their posts is about the same exact thing, whether it's their dog, workout routine, or some cause of theirs. You can be boring and unfunny like me and I'll never hide your posts, but when you're a broken record, adios.

TL; DR.

Heh, you get a return.