No, it's not. With the safety equipment and proper technique (belaying, clipping, etc.) he should be risking nothing more than bruises and scrapes. Even if we assume that his night climb is "the old F1", then "hiking up a paved path" would be akin to go-karting.

There's a difference between unnecessary risk and risk that cannot be prevented. No one forces today's batch of drivers to race on safe tracks, either, and they don't seem any less happy when they win because their chance of death was too low or the track wasn't up to par with what they dream of winning.

This "experience." Your point about the benefits of rewarding employees would make sense if we assumed that the people running these companies (and let's include the banking companies into this argument as well since they were also part of the 08/09 bailout) are actually working for the long-term health of the…

Agreed. The very reason why commercial aviation is (probably) the safest mode of transportation is the fact that the regulations governing it are the most ruthless. These regulations have to be ruthless because for every operator error or design flaw, hundreds of people are put in danger all at once.

GoPDemon's link is right, but here's the summary:

By the way, whoever came up with the idea of covering the whole engine in plastic should be wrapped in duct tape before every date. Only seems fair

Mercedes M275:

It's still going to be designed to absorb energy by deforming/breaking off. The length of the nose is important because it specifies the amount of material that will absorb energy before the driver's feet (and the survival cell as a whole) enter the picture.

Exactly. I've decided that the speed of light is the ultimate proof that the universe just prefers the metric system:

Best part of all this: they could've pulled out a pen and paper (to *GASP* do it by hand) or a calculator on their phone or computer and added it up and put a number, buuuut — nope. They just said over 300 and took the night off. I wonder how many more beers have been consumed since Moose's comment, and whether or not…

Gives you an excuse to get under her hood

THIS. THIS. THIS.

"The engineer"? Legitimate question here: how does that monstrosity have just one "engineer". I get how it works with architects (shittons of minions turn into zombies and get paid practically nothing, and one person basks in their blood), but do construction projects really have a single "engineer"?

MP4/1, because, well, just look at it.... simple, yet beautiful!

An aluminum wing, which most planes have/had until recently. I think most light aircraft (Cessna 172s and the like) use 2XXX series aluminum.

Just to point out, as a very recent college grad, the single class I took on carbon fiber talked a lot about (galvanic, in case you care) corrosion caused by carbon touching metal (other than titanium, but that's a whole nother game); in aircraft, if you have to have aluminum next to carbon, you have to have a layer…

I see what the TT and the Eclipse wanted to look like, but couldn't manage...

The Kugelmotor. It hasn't been put inside a car yet, but in terms of complexity, it wins hands-down. I mean, sure, it has less parts than a normal engine, but try to watch the video in the article, and try to follow the motion.

From tacky, to, well, uhhhhh, tacky.... just not as shiny, which I suppose is a good thing.

Close, but not necessarily. In F1, half points are awarded if 75% of the race distance has not been covered when the race comes to a stop.