You're right. It is Netflix PR and it is misleading. Assuming that "crowded" means the bandwidth is saturated, the network probably isn't crowded. Since Verizon users accessing Netflix via a VPN don't see the same performance problems, it's much more likely that you have plenty of spare capacity.

Features can be protected with patents, but in most of those cases you just listed the most famous implementations aren't the first. Success has more to do with execution than features. Snapchat didn't invent the idea of expiring messages, they just applied it to the SMS model. Apple's original MobileMe/iDisk…

Debit cards are two factor authentication (Card and PIN) and it is easy to change one or both of those keys.

Induction charging is slow and inefficient. It restricts device use more than a charging cable because a cable will at least continue to charge while allowing you a few feet of slack with which to manipulate the device. On top of that, wireless charging would add to manufacturer cost substantially (a few dollars…

Oh god, that went off the rails in the first segment, but Andy kept at it for so long.

It's true. The Bugle is why I haven't had balls for the past 3 years.

Many hundreds of millions of dollars are on the line. If it was your money, wouldn't you want to buttress your investment, regardless of whether the film is great or crap?

They took a page from Lotus and decided to add some lightness!

Sync is terrible. It is worse than a dumb connection. Do not kid yourself. I bought my car full of hope that Sync would be the solution. 3 years later, Sync is still the problem.

I'd wager that it involved a long rope.

Yes. We have this problem in America. There is a group of rather douchey people, let's call them cyclists, that really make the world of bicycles unappealing to to normal people , most of whom just like to ride bikes and don't worry about this money-dependent nonsense.

The name Big Nige is definitely the buried lede, but lay off of RIC. That kid's been earning his seat every race this year. I honestly never saw much in him during his years at TR, but he has been doing great work with a mediocre car this year.

You've got it the wrong way around. FBI doesn't subcontract much work the way that the military and NSA do. This is probably the reason the FBI is talking about something like this at a big press conference in the first place. It lays the groundwork for subbing out some FBI functions by putting it on record that…

Oddly placed batteries are usually accompanied by more conveniently placed terminals to use for charging the battery. Of course, I didn't know this when I was 20 and my '87 Audi 5000s had a dead battery under the back seat. I ended up with the rear bench pulled off and the jumping car pulled up touching the inside…

I'm pretty sure that they're both accepted spellings for the same place.

You're me from the future!?

Red Bull doesn't show F1 on the Red Bull digital channel (Roku and AppleTV) either. They can't. Between Bernie and the license-holder (NBCUNI in the US) F1 makes sure nobody else can show it. Best RBR can do is show footage of their F1 cars in non-F1 events.

Also know as the "don't let millions of acre ft of salt water ruin upstream land" bullshit.

Beats has two things of value, neither of them their actual headphones.

You're right. You can do much worse, but at the price they're not very good at all.