I’m not going to go through this again. EULAs are enforceable, though there are some clauses that may turn out to be unenforceable. Yes, a clause that says “You cannot sue us at all” is probably not enforceable, but it is possible to waive a lot of things in a contract. Further, a clause that says “You agree to submit…

I’m not sure where you’re getting that information. EULAs are definitely enforceable in court, and I would be surprised if more than a handful are successfully challenged in any given year.

Honestly, they’re boring as sin to read, but if you sat down with a EULA, you could probably get all the important points on the first or second read-through. No one does this, because it would be a waste of time for the most part. There’s at least one Contracts professor who tells his (or her, can’t remember) classes…

This is not quite accurate. There are actually a number of areas where a “plain speak” version of a legal document is required. In bond offerings, for example, there are two primary documents. The first, called an indenture, is a legally binding contract pursuant to which the bonds are issued, and under which…

Yeah, it’s a hard line to walk. The real argument, to me, is that Holmes and scumbag (I can’t be bothered to look up his name) were treated the way that criminals should be treated: captured alive if possible. I can’t even get too worked up about the Burger King. I’ve got no desire for police to feel the need to…

Underrated comment. I see what you did there.

This thread is amazing. Just people repeating this over and over again and then people pointing out that this is one of the principal myths debunked above and in extensive HEMA literature.

Wide eyes and a wild grin that just shouts “I love cocaine!” It is the perfect car for its owners.

No, the M1 Garand was a rifle. The M1 Carbine was a carbine.

Idiotic. The U.S. military deterred Soviet Russia from invading Western Europe. During the Cold War, your argument made some sense. Since the fall of the USSR, it has made less and less sense.

You really think there’s that big an administrative difference between a national health service covering 80 million people and covering 320 million? What about Japan, which has a population of 127 million, and still provides universal healthcare? Absolute size does not matter. This is a ridiculous argument.

It depends on what you consider competitive and what you would consider a comparable motor yacht. There are yachts that can achieve upwards of 70 knots. (check out number 20 here, for example: http://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-reg…). Just like in air, drag increases as the cube of speed, so you can do quite…

As a general rule, monohulls can’t make it much over 30 knots, even in short bursts. A boat this size probably can’t do more than 20 knots under sail, and I would be surprised if it were able to maintain that speed for very long.

You have a strange definition of “worth”. Ownership of Facebook’s stock equals ownership of Facebook. Facebook’s stock currently commands a price that implies that total ownership is worth, as of today, about $273.6 billion. “Book value” has nothing to do with it, and never does when you’re talking valuation of going…

Yes, but it will still only be sold in Brazil.

In my 20s I did something similar a couple of times. I don’t remember how much I spent each time, but both times it was a lot more than I was expecting, even buying the cheap stuff like pans in Chinatown with the “teflon coating” that comes off after a month or a single chef’s knife from the hardware store to be used…

Visit a Salvation Army in Brooklyn. You can get maybe a shirt and a pair of pants for $30, if you’re not picky.

Eating healthy can be cheaper long-run, but has significant start-up costs. You need access to a kitchen, at least one good pan, a functioning oven, space to store ingredients (including a functioning refrigerator), some hands-on experience and time. That all sounds trivial until it’s not. I’ve lived in places with…

My last sentence says nothing about anyone’s responsibility—it’s questioning the assertion that getting back on a team could solve Odom’s problems. Sorry if my reaction seems out of proportion, but the sentiment you expressed, which amounts to “who cares if Odom could have been saved, it’s not anyone’s responsibility…

For fuck’s sake people, I’m aware that you don’t feel sorry for this man because he was famous and associated with Kardashians and got paid a lot of money to play a game, which is clearly a less worthwhile living than whatever it is you do. All I’m saying is that andsmokeit acting like Master P literally thinks Kobe…